The million ponds project.
by Lewis, 29 November, 2012, 2 comments
Over the last fifty or so years, many of our freshwater ecosystems (rivers, streams and ponds) have been polluted – particularly with nitrates and phosphates. This pollution has lead to eutrophication : an overgrowth of simple green algae and subsequent loss of biodiversity. The million ponds project seeks to create new ponds, with clean, unpolluted water.
The question might be posed “why not clean up and manage existing ones?” Of course where this can be done, then it should be done but new ponds allow one to start with a clean slate. They can be created in places where their water supply will be clean throughout the pond’s lifetime, and generally creation is cheaper and simpler than the restoration of an existing pond. Read more...
