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Mar. 18 - Freshwater Conservation in Agricultural Landscapes

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Approximately 70% of water withdrawals worldwide are for agriculture. Growing food is a thirsty business and the impact doesn't stop there. The pesticides and fertilizers used in growing food run into lakes, rivers and streams. Participants in this session will walk away with a better understand of how to mitigate these threats and ways to keep rivers in agricultural areas flowing. Speakers include Hernando Cabral Perdomo (TNC) - Cuatro Cienegas (Mexico), Jim Herkert (TNC) - Illinois (IL, USA), Mary Davis (TNC) - Georgia (GA, USA), and Sarah Lynch (WWF).

CREATION DATE	March 30, 2009
LAST MODIFIED	May 7, 2009
CREATED BY	Nicole Silk
KEYWORDS	VFC
DOCUMENT PURPOSE	Other
PUBLICATION YEAR	No Publication Year
LICENSE	Attribution Non-Commercial