Colombia and Philippines have recently achieved success in cleaning up their rivers and lakes by imposing charges on factories that pollute.

哥伦比亚和菲律宾最近通过对污染企业实行收费制，在清理河流湖泊方面取得了良好进展。

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In response, peasants up and down the amazon, here in Brazil and in neighboring countries like Peru, are forming cooperatives to control fish catches and restock their rivers and lakes.

针对这种情况，亚马逊河沿岸的农民群众，在巴西境内也好，在秘鲁等邻国也好，纷纷成立合作社，以求控制捕鱼量，增加河湖中鱼的数量。

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It goes some way towards explaining why books about swimming, in which people tackle icy lakes, race in rivers and overcome oceans while reflecting on their lives, have recently become so popular.

这在一定程度上解释了为什么关于游泳的书最近变得如此受欢迎，在书中，人们在反思自己生活的同时，应对结冰的湖泊，在河流中赛跑，征服海洋。

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It says in some places, a majority of displaced people get their water from rivers, lakes or streams and this is posing a major health risk.

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The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency,or EPA, lists stormwater as the primary cause of water pollution in the United States, and encourages local communities to develop management plans to treat run-off before it pollutes their rivers, lakes or streams.

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The Unep assessment said the concentration of mercury in the top 100m of the world's oceans had doubled over the past century, and estimated that 260 tonnes of the toxic metal had made their way from soil into rivers and lakes.

BBC: Nations agree on legally binding mercury rules

The Unep assessment says that the concentration of mercury in the top 100m of the world's oceans has doubled over the past century, and estimates that 260 tonnes of the toxic metal have made their way from soil into rivers and lakes.

BBC: UN: Rising mercury emissions increase risk to humans