Save River
Time is running out to save our rivers, said that environmentalists who gathered for a seminar on the rivers. The Greens said the indiscriminate human interference is one of the main reasons for the slow death of the rivers .
No generation before ours would have asked the query posed in this title. It's an ominous ring: how it may be to us to save earth's rivers? But the degree of our dominion over rivers has placed us in exactly this position. Most rivers are no longer controlled by nature but by the impacts on the environment have increased hydrological us.Human the order of nine times since 1950. This is a huge modify in a short period of time. Only part of this impact is derived directly from the water intakes for irrigation, industries, & CITES, which have tripled in the last half century. Most are derived from human modification of natural flow patterns through the construction & operation of dams, reservoirs, dikes, & levees. Species that have evolved over thousands of years within the aquatic ecosystems of the Earth is recovering from the effects induced by man. We have thrown in a race for survival for those who are not ready developmentally. Under our rule, they have become their managers. |
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RIVER SAVING TOOLS 1. State river protection programs.
2. Statewide river assessments.
3. The Clean Water Act.
4. The Endangered Species Ac.
5. State and national environmental policy acts.
6. Water rights and instream flow regulations.
7. Public Trust Doctrine.
8. Flood plain management .
9. Water efficiency and conservation.
10. Comprehensive watershed management plans . |
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