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Reuters: Damage to rivers, wetlands and lakes threatens to destabilize the diversity of freshwater fish species, posing risks for food security, incomes and nutrition. Rivers and lakes are the source of 13 million metric tonnes of fish annually, which in turn provide employment to 60 million people, the study by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and the World Fish Center showed.
Fish from inland waters is also important for nutrition, especially in Africa and parts of Asia, by supplying micronutrients......
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Freshwater losses pose risks for food, health: U.N.
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 22nd, 2010
Posted in Water Conservation