AFRICA LAKE SHRINKAGE UNEP REPORT
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SATELLITE images from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have shown how evaporation and water abstraction are shrinking many lakes in Africa. Without such sustainable management, "we face increasing tensions and instability as rising populations compete for life's most precious of precious resources," it said. http://na.unep.net/AfricaLakes/
SATELLITE images from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) have shown how evaporation and water abstraction are shrinking many lakes in Africa. Without such sustainable management, "we face increasing tensions and instability as rising populations compete for life's most precious of precious resources," it said. http://na.unep.net/AfricaLakes/
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