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MAINE IS AN
EXCEPTIONAL PLACE
TO PLAN AND PREPARE
FOR CLIMATE CHANGE.
Our extraordinary ecosystems provide opportunities
to lessen the extent and adapt to the consequences
of this escalating crisis, and our local efforts are
vitally connected to the search for global solutions.
Recently, our team has been applying the expertise we
built working to restore the Penobscot River to river
conservation in Africa and Europe. When the European
Union committed to restoring 25,000 river kilometers
by 2030, our involvement was credited with helping
shape that remarkable goal—a prime example of how
Maine innovation can benefit the world.
We are applying what we’ve learned from TNC
collaborations with Indigenous Peoples around the
world to our local partnerships with the Wabanaki,
and the knowledge acquired creating water funds
in South America now guides our work to protect
the Sebago Lake watershed. Through TNC’s global
network, international insights are informing our
work here at home.
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