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Conservation International (CI) operates in more than 30 countries empowering societies to sustainably care for nature, our global biodiversity, for the well-being of humanity – building upon a strong foundation of science, partnership and field demonstration (www.conservation.org). CI’s Greater Mekong program over the next 5 year’s aims to: (a) conserve 1.35 million ha of terrestrial and freshwater systems and 350 km of rivers that produce key ecosystem services (carbon storage, freshwater, food, health, and cultural services, and biological diversity); and (b) mainstream the values of the ecosystem services in the national economy making the distribution of the benefits of these services more equitable among people as well as among generations. 2.75 million people indirectly and 9,000 people are expected to benefit from this work.

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  1. Freshwater Conservation Program, Conservation International, Arlington, VA, 22202, USA

    Tracy Farrell

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  1. Dept. of Ecology and Biodiversity, Charles Sturt University Inst. for Land, Water and Society, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    C. Max Finlayson

  2. Great Somerford, Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    Mark Everard

  3. Chair of Aquatic Ecosystems, UNESCO-IHE Chair of Aquatic Ecosystems, Delft, The Netherlands

    Kenneth Irvine

  4. RM Wetland & Environment Ltd. , Littleworth, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

    Robert J. McInnes

  5. USGS National Wetlands Research Center , Lafayette, Louisiana, USA

    Beth A. Middleton

  6. Dept. of Water Science and Engineering, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education Dept. of Water Science and Engineering, Delft, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands

    Anne A. van Dam

  7. Charles Sturt University , Albury, New South Wales, Australia

    Nick C. Davidson

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Farrell, T. (2016). Conservation International. In: Finlayson, C., et al. The Wetland Book. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_148-1

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