Spain's Donana wetland has been a rich farming area for decades and a wildlife haven for centuries, but climate change is drying it out and has set regional and national authorities on a collision course over how to safeguard its future. Scientists, meanwhile, say the water needs of the farmers who grow thousands of tonnes of red berries per year are making the problem worse. An irrigation water pond is pictured next to strawberry greenhouse farms near the Donana National Park, in Almonte, Spain April 25, 2023. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo The Donana national park lies atop a 2,700-square km (1,040 square mile) underground water reserve, one of the largest of its kind in Europe and an area almost twice the size of London. Its beautiful lagoons are being depleted by a long drought ...
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