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The Coastal America Foundation provides
support to the National Coastal
America partnership and its initiatives
that
protect, preserve and restore aquatic habitats in the United States.
This
support includes education and outreach through the Coastal Ecosystem
Learning Centers, military training that restores the environment
and the
Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership nationally and internationally.
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Coastal America is
an action-oriented, results-driven process aimed at restoring
and preserving vital coastal ecosystems and addressing our most
critical environmental issues.
The Coastal America Partnership
was launched in 1991 by former President George H.W. Bush and
formalized in 1992 with a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
signed by nine sub-cabinet level agency representatives.
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The Nature Conservancy is
one of the leading conservation organizations working around
the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters
for nature and people.
Founded in 1951, this organization
as contributed to the protection of more than 117 million acres
of land and 5,000 miles of rivers worldwide.
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The International Corporate
Wetlands Restoration Partnership (ICWRP)
is a way for business, government, and civil society to help protect
and restore our world's costal areas, including wetlands, mangroves,
coral reefs, and other aquatic habitats.
Aquatic habitats contribute billions of dollars to the global
economy through tourism, fishing, and other forms of commerce—but
are disappearing at an alarming rate. ICWRP responds to the threats
these habitats face through the involvement of environmentally
responsible companies and conservation partners.
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The Convention on Wetlands,
signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an intergovernmental treaty
which provides the framework for national action and international
cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their
resources. There are presently 157 Contracting Parties to the Convention,
with 1702 wetland sites, totaling 153 million
hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of
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