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... particularly from North American industries and agencies such as Canada's Hydro - Quebec and the United States Bureau of Reclamations . These powerful organisations are finding it increasingly difficult to justify huge projects in their ...
... particularly from North American industries and agencies such as Canada's Hydro - Quebec and the United States Bureau of Reclamations . These powerful organisations are finding it increasingly difficult to justify huge projects in their ...
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... particularly vicious Anopheles gambiae mosquito and also the Plasmodium falciparium para- site that causes the so - called malignant malaria . Transmission is normally confined to the short rainy season , but man - made disturbances ...
... particularly vicious Anopheles gambiae mosquito and also the Plasmodium falciparium para- site that causes the so - called malignant malaria . Transmission is normally confined to the short rainy season , but man - made disturbances ...
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... particularly dishonest . The first is the claim that " the submergible areas of Pooyamkutty Dam do not contain many wild animals and birds . There are no breeding or feeding areas and no migration routes in the dam site and submergible ...
... particularly dishonest . The first is the claim that " the submergible areas of Pooyamkutty Dam do not contain many wild animals and birds . There are no breeding or feeding areas and no migration routes in the dam site and submergible ...
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