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Nature Inc. Episode: Trees on Tap

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By Team Planet Green
Thu Oct 8, 2009 10:55

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Every year we spend billions of dollars on pumping and purifying water for the world's ever-expanding cities. Why bother building a desalination plant, when a forest will do the same job for a fraction of the price? Nature Inc. goes to New York, Ecuador and Jordan to see how the authorities are protecting ecosystems, saving a fortune and safeguarding two of our most precious assets: water and biodiversity.

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Learn more:
Nature Has a Price Tag? How Much Is It?
Know Your Water Infrastructure? (Quiz)
Why Ancient Forests are Important to the Ecosystem and Why We Need to Protect Them

 
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