Polluted rivers
fifty of the 69 rivers in Europe have poor ecological quality and most European countries have inadequate environmental monitoring systems, a new report states. Water and Wetland Index by the World Wide Fund for Nature ( wwf ) assessed the ability of freshwater systems in 16 European countries to meet requirements of the European Union's water framework directive. Impacts of canalisation, dams and pollution were cited as the main reasons for degradation of the European rivers. The report shows that Rh
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