In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wield — Tim Palmer, Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wield — Tim Palmer, Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wield — Tim Palmer, Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wield — Tim Palmer, Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wield — Tim Palmer, Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
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In the 1940s dams were synonymous with progress, and the rivers were to be conquered with the fervour of a pioneer wielding an axe.

— Tim Palmer, Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement
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