A good example of significant environmental damage from overstretching natural resources is the decline of the Aral Sea.
Thanks to George who sent me this link to UNEP and Google Earth views of the decline and partial recovery of the Aral Sea in Central Asia, once the fourth largest inland sea.
A history of really bad management [...]
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We need to repair enviromental damage while we still can
Posted in Catalysts for Action, Earthwatching, tagged Aral Sea, Climate Change Impacts, Environmental Damage, Google Earth, UNEP, Water Shortages on 16, April, 2009, | Leave a Comment »
