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Background Recent studies show a significant decline in native barbel populations (a species of fish) in the main and secondary rivers of northern Italy. The recent IUCN classification of Italian vertebrates raised the risk status of the Barbus plebejus to “vulnerable” and of the Barbus meridionalis (sin. B. caninus) to “endangered”. Particularly ...

Background Agriculture is the top water-consuming sector in southern European countries, accounting for more than 50% of the total water demand and reaching up to 80% in specific cases, according to the European Environment Agency's report, “The European environment, state and outlook 2010, water resources-quantity and flows”. In Italy, agriculture ac ...