WATER
12/4/2001
UN warns that the world's reservoirs are losing storage capacity as deforestation causes erosion and sedimentation behind dams.
Source
U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP), "Felling of Forests Adding to World's Water Shortages as Dams Fill Up With Silt," press release (Nairobi: 4 December 2001).
Links
International Water Management Institute
World Commission on Dams
International Rivers Network
International Office for Water
Worldwatch Links
World Watch Magazine: Liberating the Rivers, Jan/Feb 2001
Worldwatch Research Library: Water
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