WFF warned that dams are destroying the environment

New dams that are expected to generate cheaper electricity and enhance irrigation are seriously damaging water resources and causing economic and environmental damage, reports a leading environmental group today. today 14-11.

The WFF warns dams are devastating water as well as causing economic and environmental damage

The report, published by the International Fund for Nature Protection (WWF), notes that new dams can destroy swamp areas, where water is kept as sponges and cannot be replicated by activity. man-made man-made reserve

' Small rivers all over the world and communities dependent on them are facing the risk of water resources being destroyed, economic and environmental losses ,' WWF said in the newspaper. The report assesses the environmental damage of 6 large dam projects around the world.

Dams will flood the valleys, destroy fishing grounds and threaten to endangered species such as the Iberi and jaguars, which have natural habitats in at-risk valleys. being submerged under water.

In Belize, a $ 30 million dam has been built to reduce electricity imports, but locals only see prices skyrocketing when it is completed. It also flooded 1,000 hectares of tropical rainforest.

Meanwhile, in Iceland, another project is expected to flood hundreds of rare pink-legged shelters and destroy some of Iceland's only reindeer swarms.

In Laos, about 5,700 villagers will have to seek resettlement due to a dam project funded by the World Bank. At least 50,000 people who rely on the river where the dam is built will also be affected when the water is diverted.

'This is not the golden age of science like the 1950s when dams were seen as signs of development. We know that dams can cause a lot of damage, and we have to consider this issue, 'said Jamie Pittock of WWF.

WALL VY ( According to AP )