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Water Funds Biennial In Bogotá Celebrates SuccessesBY ADRIAN VOGL
Sitting in a crowded auditorium on a cool, rainy June day in Bogotá, Colombia, I couldfeel excitement in the air as the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, preparedto take the stage for the opening address of the 3rd Water Funds Biennial Summit. Itwas a morning of VIP speakers, including the CEO of FEMSA Foundation, President ofthe Inter-American Development Bank, and President and CEO of The NatureConservancy, there to celebrate the achievements of the Latin America Water FundsPartnership and to look ahead to the decade to come...
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In October of last year the Latin AmericanWater Funds Partnership launched thefirst water fund in Costa Rica. Ifsuccessful, the project, called Agua Tica,will directly benefit over a million peoplewho live in the watersheds that feed intothe Río Grande de Tárcoles...
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Quantifying flood mitigation services: The economic value of Otter Creek wetlands and floodplainsto Middlebury, VTWatson, Keri B., Taylor Ricketts, Gillian Galford, Stephen Polasky and Jarlath O'Niel-DunneEcological Economics 130:16-24. October 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.05.015
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Addressing drought and other challenges in Mozambiqueby Jill Schwartz, WWF, August 2, 2016
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Reducing human nitrogen use for food productionLiu, Junquo., Kun Ma, Philippe Ciais and Stephen PolaskyScientific Reports. July 2016. 6:30104. doi:10.1038/srep30104
Investing in nature pays offby Deane Morrison, Inquiry: Exploring University Research, University of Minnesota, July 20,2016
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