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Concerns about nonpoint source agricultural pollutants and bacterial contamination from livestock waste products have prompted the state government to subsidise the construction of artificial wetland buffers adjacent to farms in ecologically fragile areas. | Concerns about nonpoint source agricultural pollutants and bacterial contamination from livestock waste products have prompted the state government to subsidise the construction of artificial wetland buffers adjacent to farms in ecologically fragile areas. | ||
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The abundance of muddy freshwater pools and ditches with plentiful weed growth in Knassania have made it a leading supplier of {{wp|Hirudo medicinalis|medicinal leeches}}. Originally, leeches were harvested manually by {{wp|Leech collector|dedicated gatherers}} directly from the bush. Leech gatherers were most often Urom tribeswomen or indigent Pine Swamp Coscivians. Although demand for medicinal leeches has declined in modern times, there remain a handful of leech "plantations" where the creatures are cultivated intensively for niche medical applications and folk medicine. | The abundance of muddy freshwater pools and ditches with plentiful weed growth in Knassania have made it a leading supplier of {{wp|Hirudo medicinalis|medicinal leeches}}. Originally, leeches were harvested manually by {{wp|Leech collector|dedicated gatherers}} directly from the bush. Leech gatherers were most often Urom tribeswomen or indigent Pine Swamp Coscivians. Although demand for medicinal leeches has declined in modern times, there remain a handful of leech "plantations" where the creatures are cultivated intensively for niche medical applications and folk medicine. | ||