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Forum highlights action to save rivers
ORGANIZATIONS representing some of the world biggest rivers yesterday adopted a declaration outlining joint action to protect the ecology and enhance sustainable river development.
The declaration was made at a forum in Wuhan, capital of central China’s Hubei Province, attended by delegates of cultural organizations, museums and economic groups representing the Amazon, Mississippi, Volga, Yenisei, Yangtze, Yellow, Mara, Nile, Euphrates, Tigris, Indus, Ganges, Rhine, Danube and Thames rivers.
The declaration said management of resources along the rivers should be related to sustainable development.
A set of measures will be adopted to protect the rivers in order to emphasize the harmony between culture and nature, as well as rivers and cities.
The measures will include cooperation in areas, including riverbank cities, cultural sustainability, science, education, tourism, trade along the rivers and water conservation.
During the forum, officials said a museum showcasing the diversity of animals and plants on the rivers will open in Wuhan next year.
Wildlife and plants specimens from the world biggest rivers will be on show, said Wu Hongtang, manager of the museum project.
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