1 | But in the case of water, every man - or, at least, every water basin or region - is an island. | |
2 | Forests protect watersheds which supply fresh water to rivers. | |
3 | He has a large farm in the Mississippi Valley. | |
4 | The Amazon Basin alone could see changes in biodiversity for 80 per cent of the region. | |
5 | But lowland species with no mountains nearby, such as those in the vast Amazon and Congo basins, will have nowhere to go. |