Water war: Why drought in Spain is getting political

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Conservationists are pitting conservationists against farmers who extract water from the UNESCO-protected park.

The long-simmering conflict is boiling over ahead of Spanish municipal elections Those days week.

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It says it says it would legalize about 750 hectares of illegal farms around Doñ UNESCO The farmers’ association of Almonte, which represents about 300 legal farms, fears there won’t be enough surface water left for them if illegal fields are legalized.

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