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Cuba’s rivers run clean after decades of sustainable farming

The island’s waterways have lower levels of fertilizer-linked pollution than the Mississippi River in the United States.
Cuban farmer travelling in a loaded donkey drawn cart.

A farmer and cart in Cuba, where small-scale and conservation-minded agricultural practices might account for the cleanliness of the nation’s rivers. Credit: Karen Brodie/Getty

Despite centuries of colonization and agriculture, Cuba’s rivers are in good health.

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Nature 578, 195 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00263-6

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