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Doñana's a National Park in the south of Spain.

It's one of the largest wetlands in Europe, but farming's putting its future in danger.

Flamingos and other birds usually live here.

But now the wetlands are disappearing.

Too much water's taken by strawberry farms.

The Andalucian government wants to increase how much water farmers can take.

Environmentalist Juan Romero works for Save Doñana.

The Huelva area grows most of Spain's strawberries.

Strawberry farming employs 100,000 people locally.

People call strawberries 'red gold'.

The water problem's divided society.

Farmers and politicians are against supermarkets and environmentalists, who want to look after Doñana's water supplies.

Juanjo Carmona's from the World Wildlife Fund.

He's worried that there will be no water left for farmers.

Some government politicians in Andalucia say the water problem is a lie.

One of them's Rafael Segovia, president of the VOX party.

International supermarkets disagree.

They've written to the politicians and want a solution.

Farmers worry that the supermarkets may buy strawberries from other places.

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