(52) THE FLOODS
Pictures taken during the floods (January 1996) nearby Coruche (Tagus Valley), Portugal. The trees are Cork Oaks - Quercus suber, Fagaceae family.
Our Minister of Environment thinks it's quite fine to built major complexes on the Tagus flood plane - read more on this, about Castanheira do Ribatejo...
Our Minister of Environment even thinks that the problem about yesterday's floods is the lack of cleaning... according to different sources.
On this subject, Quercus - the National Association of Nature Conservation (Associação Nacional de Conservação da Natureza) points out the wrong territory management policies.
The blog Um Jardim no Deserto (A Garden in the Desert) says: The citizens' tragedy, the governors' unresponsiveness! [English translation provided].
[Portuguese post on Feb 19th, 2008]
Category: MOUNTS AND VALLEYS
Dec. 2008: Images down to 20% of ORIGINAL SIZE (click to see). Comments closed.
Tags: Image Floods Cork_Oak Quercus_suber Fagaceae Tagus River Valley Castanheira_do_Ribatejo Minister_of_Environment Territory Management Portugal
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June 28th, 2009
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