{"id":2007,"date":"2012-10-09T16:22:26","date_gmt":"2012-10-09T11:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=2007"},"modified":"2012-10-09T16:22:26","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T11:22:26","slug":"rivers-and-lakes-protecting-water-for-people-and-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=2007","title":{"rendered":"Rivers and Lakes &#8211; Protecting Water for People and Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We know we need clean drinking water in order to live. But rivers and lakes \u2013 freshwater ecosystems \u2013 provide much more. They water our crops, give us fish to eat, light our homes and bring us joy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rivers_and_lakes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2010 colorbox-2007\" title=\"rivers_and_lakes\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rivers_and_lakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rivers_and_lakes.jpg 625w, http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/rivers_and_lakes-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 563px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yet around the world we are crippling the ability of rivers and lakes to support people, plants and animals. Scientists predict that by 2025 more than two-thirds of the world\u2019s population could face water shortages.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We can change course. We can balance across our many needs better and preserve nature\u2019s ability to provide for future generations, too. We have new knowledge, new tools and a growing community of people committed to saving our water.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our supporters, we work on-the-ground with people in 30 countries to secure the rivers and lakes that support our lives. We use science and strong partnerships to make big things happen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.org\/ourinitiatives\/habitats\/riverslakes\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nature.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We know we need clean drinking water in order to live. But rivers and lakes \u2013 freshwater ecosystems \u2013 provide much more. They water our crops, give us fish to eat, light our homes and bring us joy. Yet around the world we are crippling the ability of rivers and lakes to support people, plants [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2007\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}