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March 29, 2013
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Slovenia seeks better water management
Ljubljana, Slovenia (UPI) Mar 27, 2013
Slovenia, which has some of most abundant fresh water supplies in Europe, should develop new strategies to preserve and protect them, ministers said this week. Slovenian President Borut Pahor, Foreign Minister Karel Erjavec, Agriculture and Environment Minister Dejan Zidan and European Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potocnik were among those making calls for better management of the country's water resources Monday at a Ljubljana conference. Also present was climatologist Lucka K ... read more
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