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While reducing demand is important, most successful cases of groundwater recovery also involve moving huge amounts of water to meet demand.
Why some regions are winning the fight against groundwater depletion
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A ranger watches hippos in the Akagera national park, Rwanda, which is managed by the NGO African Parks. Management of many of the continent's protected areas is being transferred from governments to nonprofit NGOs.
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A desert oasis is perhaps the most striking example of a groundwater-dependent ecosystem.
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Renato Molina
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UCSB geographer David López-Carr, center left, and Stanford University health and environmental scientist Andrea Lund, center right, working with Senegalese partners
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David Valentine
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Transferable conservation credits could incentivize comprehensive protection the ocean’s diverse habitats and wildlife.
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National parks are far from the only way to protect areas of land. Systems like, indigenous governance, community management and Eco-certified production can also foster conservation.
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NVC Finals judge Jason Rollman (left, in blue shirt) congratulates EyeClimate, the 2024 New Venture Competition Finals champions (from second to left) Bowen Zhang, PhD student; Max Gordon, undergraduate student; and Satish Kumar, PhD student
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Sessile creatures like this barnacle were the key to determining when the oil pipeline was compromised, an event that eventually led to the oil spill