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...work much better because they’re not congested, so this is no longer a burden that countries feel that they have to bear and ideally somebody else should bear it; it’s a development path which looks like it’s beneficial for many reasons and that makes it much easier to act and it creates lobbies for action, political lobbies, economic lobbies, businesses who benefit...

...work began on the largest dam for the NVDP, Sardar Sarovar. The NVDP, and particularly the building of the giant dam, has caused huge controversy, both in India (Figure 21) and globally. The Sardar Sarovar dam has a planned final height of 139 m and the reservoir length is 214 km. It will displace around half a million people, and destroy forest as well as some of India's...

...working water meadows still survive in England on the chalk streams of Hampshire, but similar vegetation exists on the wetlands of the Somerset Levels and the Norfolk Broads. [Photo of field with flowers] A water meadow in spring, Characteristic species: Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris). Upland meadows Typical of the Yorkshire dales and the Lake District, these have a...