Monday, January 31, 2011

The Global Impact of Protecting One Turkish Lake

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Yeniçağa Lake. Photo: Yeniçağa Belediyesi (Municipality).
Once a popular swimming spot, Yeniçağa Lake in the northwestern Turkish province of Bolu has become too polluted even to sustain the healthy fish populations once found there. But thanks to an international restoration effort, the lake is slowly recovering, to the benefit not just of the local environment, but the global fight against climate change.

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