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00:30We see it in the continuous decline of the groundwater levels, in the decline in the
00:48number of species, the decline of endangered bird populations.
01:17China is threatened, threatened by 3,000 hectares of illegal farms that overexploit
01:23the aquifer through more than 1,000 illegal boreholes.
01:28The problem is that when they flood, there are years when it lasts so little that it does
01:41not last long enough for most of the species to reproduce.
