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A Groundbreaking Agreement to Save Australia’s Ailing Murray River
Posted by Sandra Postel of National Geographic's Freshwater Initiative in Water Currents on December 28, 2012
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After years of debate, fiery protests and intense negotiations, Australia has adopted a historic plan to restore flows to the suffering Murray-Darling River Basin. It is one of the boldest water pacts to restore nature on the books, and if successful, could offer a roadmap for overtapped river basins in other arid lands. The plan…
