Tablas de Daimiel Park, Ciudad Real. Spain 2009

A man looks at white smoke of a fire underground in the national park of Las Tablas de Daimiel, in Ciudad Real on November 16, 2009. The European Union launched an investigation into Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources from areas where fish once swam. The EU wants the Spanish government to explain how it plans to save Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park.The park, one of Spain's few wetlands, is classified as a UNESCO biosphere site and an...
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A man looks at white smoke of a fire underground in the national park of Las Tablas de Daimiel, in Ciudad Real on November 16, 2009. The European Union launched an investigation into Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources from areas where fish once swam. The EU wants the Spanish government to explain how it plans to save Las Tablas de Daimiel National Park.The park, one of Spain's few wetlands, is classified as a UNESCO biosphere site and an EU-protected area because of its birdlife. But it has been drying up for decades, largely because of wells dug by farmers on the edges of the park to tap an aquifer that feeds the wetland's lagoons. Many of the wells are illegal. (c)Pedro ARMESTRE
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