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The European Parliament calls for the creation of a European Drought Observatory
13/03/2009
March 13, 2009
The plenary of the European Parliament adopted on Wednesday 11 March, a non-binding resolution in which MEPs defend set up a European Drought Observatory as a Department of the European Environment Agencybased in Copenhagen, given that drought helps, along with the fires, desertification, reduction of biodiversity or salinization, environmental pressure on the increasingly strong agricultural soil that contributes to its degradation, especially in southern Europe.
MEPs propose measures such as improving irrigation systems, promoting sustainable plans for water resource management, adapted to the local water conditions, and improve water storage systems by creating microembalses for irrigation managed by cooperatives. They are also asking improve the fight against the fires and the coordinated response of the Union, promote reforestation of marginal agricultural land and crops best adapted to the specificities of the soil.
