Parched Prairies: Latest drought a sign of things to come? #environment #drought #cop15


	Parched Prairies: Latest drought a sign of things to come? #environment #drought #cop15

JICWyllie

7-11-2009 2:04 PM

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1-drought, 1-farming, 1-starvation, 1-supply, 2-change, 2-consequences, 2-risks, 3-reported, 4-canada, 4-prairies

JICWyllie says:

Yet more pressure on global food supplies. ... And more rainforest cut down to fill the growing gap between supply and demand.

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