Ministry of the Environment Launches Funding Programme for the Renaturation of Floodplains of Smaller Rivers / 59 Million Euros Are Available - Minister Schneider: Winter Drought Proves Pressure for Action

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Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung [Newsroom]Osnabrück (ots) - The Federal Environment Ministry is launching a new funding programme for the rehabilitation of floodplains of smaller rivers in the amount of 59 million euros. "The watercourses are our lifelines. In our belief in progress we thought ... Continue reading here...Original content of: Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, transmitted by news aktuell

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The Federal Ministry for the Environment is launching a new €59 million funding program for the renaturalization of floodplains along smaller rivers. "Waterways are our lifelines," Environment Minister Carsten Schneider (SPD) told the "Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung" (Thursday edition). "In our belief in progress, we humans thought we had to tame the rivers, wrest their floodplains from them. That was a mistake we must rectify." He explained the urgen…

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It's a bit of snow, but it's covert that we're in the middle of a winter drought, and the renaturation of floodplains is supposed to help save water. We have the details for the new programme by Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider.