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Melting glaciers threaten wildlife http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1290019302
Kyrgyzstan's glaciers are receding at what scientists say is an alarming rate, fuelled by global warming.
And while experts warn of a subsequent catastrophe for energy and water security for Kyrgyzstan and neighbour states downstream reliant on its water flows, devastation to local ecosystems and the effects on plant and wildlife could be just as severe.
"Animals and vegetation will not be unaffected and the risks for some species will be great," Ilia Domashov, deputy head of the BIOM Environmental NGO in Bishkek, said.
More than four percent - 8,400 square kilometres - of Kyrgyzstan's territory consists of glaciers.
A natural process of water release from summer melting of the glaciers, which freeze again during the winter, feeds many of the country's rivers and lakes.
Up to 90 per cent of water in Kyrgyzstan rivers comes from glaciers, local experts claim.
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