Wake up: Nature has solution for world water crisis, says IUCN


	Wake up: Nature has solution for world water crisis, says IUCN

mrobert

5-21-2009 2:10 PM

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water, environment, world water forum, iucn, water crisis

mrobert says:

The natural world is self-healing and constantly changing. If we follow the process and let the earth do its work we may find out just how resilient the planet is.

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