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Prabhupada, conversation with Justin Murphy (Geographer), May 14, 1975, Perth: But first of all, you want water. If the water is reserved on the top of the hill, then it gradually comes down. That is nature’s, God’s, arrangement: Let river fall down, and you can use that water. That is the nature’s arrangement. Just like you keep your water on the tank, and by pipe you get down. But there is nature’s arrangement. The water is stocked on the top of the hill, and throughout the whole year the pipe is the river. That water must be there. That is the first problem. Therefore here it is said, parjanyad anna-sambhavah. You must have sufficient water. Water is already there. But it has to be purified, kept on the top of the hill, water tank, and it will come down in rivers. Then you take and utilize. And when the water falls down and there is sufficient water, the ground becomes cleansed so it is no more polluted. Full Conversation

Sensitivity to desertification and drought in Europe

European Environment Agency, Kongens Nytorv 6, DK: Desertification threatens 38 percent of the world. Desertification is an advanced stage of land degradation where the soil has lost part of its capability to support human communities and ecosystems

Maps: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/sensitivity-to-desertification-and-drought-in-europe

The assessment presented here gives an overview of the sensitivity to desertification and drought in a vast European region comprising the northern Mediterranean and central-eastern Europe. Its main objective is to facilitate the identification of hot-spots at the regional level for early warnings.
Geographical coverage: the map covers European countries included in Annex IV (Northern Mediterranean) and Annex V (Central and Eastern Europe) to the UNCCD for which basic data are available. One or more basic data layers were not available for Cyprus, Malta, Turkey and Kosovo. Except for France, the entire national territory has been considered in the assessment even if not all is included in a relevant climatic.