Fisherman Vancho Vasilevski's boat frequently runs aground when he sails on Lake Prespa, one of Europe's oldest lakes and home to more than 2,000 species of fish, birds, mammals and plants, in a sign of how much water the lake is losing. "In the last two, three months the water has dropped 36 centimetres and in last days probably another two or three centimetres," said Vasilevski, who is in his late 60s. FILE PHOTO: A rowing boat rest at last year's water line at Prespa lake in the village of Stenje, North Macedonia September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ognen Teofilovski "It will go down more. There is no rain, no winter, no snow, no rivers. Only one river is coming into the lake... This is a disaster, a natural disaster." The decline has continued over decades - the water at Lake Prespa...
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