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Water Funds for People and for Nature: South America

The Nature Conservancy
10/20/2010
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Global warming, deforestation, pollution and other environmental pressures are shrinking the planet’s clean water supply, making people look at fresh water as they never have before: as a valuable good that deserves our investment. The Nature Conservancy is revolutionizing this approach by helping to launch water funds across South America that pay for watershed protection and reforestation — thereby helping to provide fresh water today and into the future.

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