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Study suggests irrigation projects linked to Gibe III dam could devastate Lake Turkana's fisheries and affect livelihoods
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One of the 20th century's great ecological disasters has been partly reversed, according to a report that claims the waters are rising once more in part of the Aral sea
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The Aral Sea, once described as the world's worst ecological disaster after Soviet-era irrigation plans reduced its size by three-quarters, is returning to life thanks to a £48m project to restore its water supplies.
The Upside Techno fest in ship graveyard aims to revive vanished Aral Sea