Caption

China, Jiangsu, Qidong, Farmers clearing aquatic vegetation from a choked irrigation canal with bamboo poles. They hope to catch any surviving fish in small mesh nets attached to some of the poles. The nutrients from agricultural runoff mainly fertilizer and pesticides is causing the eutrophication of water bodies across China and is a major problem.
Photo : Trevor Page

Date

May 07, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/Eye Ubiquitous

Reference

UQS12A01_408

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,3Mb (5,2Mb) / 17,4in x 11,3in / 5210 x 3377 (300dpi)

Keywords

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