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GENEVA (AP) - New dams intended to provide cheaper power and support irrigation systems are destroying important water sources and causing economic disruption, a leading environmental group said in a report released Monday.
The report by the World Wide Fund for Nature noted that dams can destroy wetlands, which hold water like sponges and cannot be replicated by manmade storage facilities.
"The world's ailing rivers and the communities that depend on them face a bleak future without prompt action," WWF said in the report, which assessed the environmental effects of six dam projects around the world.
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