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World Service,18 Oct 1995,13 mins

Drought in Southern Africa

Global Concerns

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The decrease in rainfall in southern Africa signals a 100-year drought brought on by global warming. It's already affecting water supply and plant growth. Also on the programme a dangerous stockpile of nuclear waste in Murmansk in Russia, breeding tigers in captivity, maintaining genetic diversity and genetic fingerprinting for wild animals.

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