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...built up and the water flow has been regulated by dams. In contrast, the Danube used to be surrounded by 26,000 sq km of meadows that acted as a buffer for flooding waters. Now only 6,000 sq km of meadows remain, the rest having been turned into farmland or housing developments. Last week the Danube rose 6 m above its normal levels in some places. With about half of Europe's population already living along rivers, it's doubtful that large tracts will be restored to grassland. More and better river management may be the only option...
WILDLIFE BE DAMMED In nearby Isahaya, a controversial seawall has conservationists angry. A government-sponsored land reclamation project is responsible for the dike that seals off a portion of Isahaya Bay; when fully dried out, it will be sold as farmland. Environmentalists and some fishermen say the project is already responsible for the extinction of 55 species of animal and marine life. The government says the seawall is necessary for flood control. Both sides are probably right. At any rate, the six-kilometer-long dam is an impressive sight...
...dams profoundly altered the character of the Missouri, evening out its pulse--the naturally occurring spring rises and summer drops--and capturing much of the silt that gave the waterway its nickname "Big Muddy." The dams offered protection to some 1.4 million acres of rich, river-hugging farmland, curtailed damaging floods and made it possible to hem in the shifting riverbanks with miles of concrete levees and retaining walls. And for the 10 million inhabitants now living and working along its 2,341-mile path, the multitasking Mo is a source of drinking water, electricity and irrigation and a resource...
...held before the current intifadeh began in September 2000. Bush mentioned no sanctions for Israeli failure to comply, placing the burden for moving toward peace squarely on the Palestinians. RUSSIA Law of the Land The lower house of the Russia's parliament approved a bill allowing the sale of farmland, restoring private ownership of land, which was abolished after the 1917 Revolution. In a concession to opponents, President Vladimir Putin said there will be no rush to sell land until a proper registry has been set up. Even then, there will be no immediate sell-off. The law bans foreigners...
...Glen Envil, a 34-year-old Montagnard who landed last week in Raleigh with her husband and three children, says she was forced to flee Vietnam because "life was just getting worse and worse." Farmland that had been passed down through generations of her family was seized by the government. Vietnamese migrants, now the majority in the highlands, pocketed the profits from coffee and rice crops that rightfully belonged to her family. "Our children go hungry sometimes," she says. "Without land how can we get money? How can we get medical care?" In the end, Envil and her family grew...