国家提供了大量资金来兴修水利。

The state provides large sums of money for water conservancy projects.

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汉谟拉比特别重视兴修水利工程。 他组织人民开凿了一条连接克什（近巴比伦）和波斯湾的运河。

Hydro-engineering works were a special concern of Hammurabi's and he caused a canal to be constructed linking Kish (near Babylon) with the Persian Gulf.

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但自上世纪80年代以来，由于兴修水利、水污染、过度捕捞和垦荒，珍稀特有鱼类的种群数量一直在不断下滑。

But the population of rare and unique fish species has been declining since the 1980s because of dam building, water pollution, overfishing and land reclamation.

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