{"id":4561093,"date":"2024-04-01T16:30:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.forest-trends.org\/?post_type=rd_series&#038;p=4561093"},"modified":"2024-06-11T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:16:38","slug":"resilience-dispatch-35-a-hopeful-story-about-water","status":"publish","type":"rd_series","link":"https:\/\/www.forest-trends.org\/rd_series\/resilience-dispatch-35-a-hopeful-story-about-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Resilience Dispatch #35: A Hopeful Story About Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<table id=\"bodyTable\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 100%; background-color: #fafafa;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"bodyCell\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #00303d; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 100%; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\"><strong>In this edition: <\/strong>Some of the biggest news stories recently have revolved around water. Often <em>too much<\/em> water, in the form of catastrophic flooding, sometimes too little in the form of droughts. Here, we share a more encouraging story about water as we celebrate women\u2019s rights.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 0px 18px 9px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\">\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\"><strong>Missed our last Dispatch?<\/strong>\u00a0<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forest-trends.org\/rd_series\/resilience-dispatch-33-diversifying-beyond-carbon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diversifying Beyond Carbon<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; border: 3px solid #006666; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: left; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<h4 class=\"null\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: #006666; font-family: 'Lora', Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; line-height: 125%; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\">In this edition<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"#INTRO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Introduction: A hopeful story about water<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"#JOURNEY TOWARDS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insights:\u00a0<\/a><a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"#JOURNEY TOWARDS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journey towards Water Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"#WOMEN LEADERS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Look at How Women are Transforming Water Management Leadership in Peru<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"#AREQUIPA BLOG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Mountain Communities, the Park Service, and a Water Utility are Using Nature to Tackle Water Security in Peru<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\"><a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"#FT IG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Campaign: Nature Supports Us All<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 0px 18px 9px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #00303d;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\"><strong>INTRODUCTION: A HOPEFUL STORY ABOUT WATER<a id=\"INTRO\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" name=\"INTRO\"><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: lora,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">Some of the biggest news stories recently have revolved around water. Often <em>too much<\/em> water, in the form of catastrophic flooding, sometimes too little\u00a0in the form of droughts. Water is &#8220;the face of climate change,&#8221; the most tangible area where people tend to initially see and feel its impacts, as weather patterns and water availability become increasingly irregular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I want to kick off this Resilience Dispatch by sharing a more encouraging story about water: one about how transformational change for resilience is possible\u2014<span style=\"font-family: lora,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">through partnerships and persistence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last month, Peru\u2019s National Water Authority approved <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/larepublica.pe\/nota-de-prensa\/2024\/03\/19\/mas-mujeres-obtendran-licencias-para-uso-del-agua-en-el-interior-del-pais-744933\">a new protocol<\/a> for how water rights are assigned. Historically, 70 percent of water rights went to men in Peru, limiting women\u2019s access to water resources and shutting them out from decision-making spaces. This new protocol ensures that for water rights assigned to a person who is married or with a long-term partner, <em>both <\/em>names are included on the right. This means that more women will have access to water rights and be able to participate in spaces like water councils, boards, and committees that decide how water is managed, including how nature is part of that management.<\/p>\n<p>This transformational shift is a direct result of our work with Peruvian institutions to increase gender equality in water management\u2014a key ingredient for increasing resilience\u2014through the Natural Infrastructure for Water Security (NIWS) project.<\/p>\n<p>Through the NIWS project, supported by USAID and Canada, Forest Trends and our partners have been working since 2017 to scale up investments in projects that use nature to\u00a0strengthen water security and climate resilience in Peru. Our new publication, <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forest-trends.org\/publications\/journey-towards-water-security-2024\/\"><em>Journey towards Water Security<\/em><\/a>, shares the main results of this collaborative work to date, which includes developing a portfolio of over 80 natural infrastructure projects (<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/2Hvsvc6ICko\">like this one<\/a>) valued at over US$370 million with local funders and over 240 local communities.<\/p>\n<p>While the NIWS project\u2019s journey has many results to share, we think one of the most important lessons is how those results were achieved: through <em>relationships, <\/em>between institutions that have not worked together, sectors that have been siloed, and communities that have not been connected in Peru.<\/p>\n<p>Peru\u2019s new water rights protocol, for example, was the result of building relationships with ten different leaders of Peru\u2019s National Water Authority over the past six years. We achieve impact by supporting champions of nature-based solutions, institutional change, and technical capacity, while remaining nimble enough to act on windows of opportunity in Peru&#8217;s rapidly changing political environment. Peru offers some important lessons for other countries trying to make their water and infrastructure sectors more resilient in these times of climate and political instability.<\/p>\n<p>In January, we celebrated the <a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forest-trends.org\/blog\/usaid-and-canada-expand-their-commitment-to-nature-based-solutions\/\">extension of NIWS<\/a> through 2027 with USAID, Canada, and our Peruvian partners. Today, we celebrate women in Peru having the rights they need to play their vital role in water and climate resilience in Peru.<\/p>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: lora,georgia,times new roman,serif;\">Michael<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #00303d; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\">NATURE-BASED SOLUTIONS INVESTMENTS IN PERU<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; padding: 0 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00303d;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\">INSIGHTS: JOURNEY TOWARDS WATER SECURITY<a id=\"JOURNEY TOWARDS\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" name=\"JOURNEY TOWARDS\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new report by the Natural Infrastructure for Water Security project, <em>Journey towards Water Security<\/em>, summarizes the impressive accomplishments of the project and its partners from 2017 through September 2023. It outlines NIWS&#8217; unique approach that has helped Peru reach over US$370 million in investments in natural infrastructure. A few main takeaways are below.<\/p>\n[<a style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forest-trends.org\/publications\/journey-towards-water-security-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download your copy of Journey towards Water Security here.<\/a>]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnCaptionBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnCaptionBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnCaptionBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnCaptionTopContent\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 0 9px 0 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"564\"><span style=\"color: #006666;\"><strong>NIWS is scaling investments in natural infrastructure that respond to priority water risks. <\/strong><\/span>Together with local funders and over 240 local communities, NIWS has developed a portfolio of over 80 natural infrastructure projects valued at more than US$370 million.\u00a0US$37 million of the portfolio has already been mobilized with approved designs and assigned budgets. Of this, US$10 million has already begun execution in the field.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnCaptionTopImageContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 9px 0 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 2155px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/cff95aefc075dc49e7553805f\/images\/1fafedf9-164e-525a-5744-f9ded6eea633.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; padding: 0 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"color: #006666;\"><strong>NIWS is investing in the capacity of professionals\u00a0to plan, develop, evaluate, and communicate investments in natural infrastructure for water security. <\/strong><\/span>The project has helped train over 5,600 people (almost 1\/2 women) to date in local and regional governments, water utilities, and consulting firms.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnCaptionBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnCaptionBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnCaptionBlockInner\" style=\"padding: 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnCaptionTopContent\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 0 9px 0 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"564\"><span style=\"color: #006666;\"><strong>NIWS has strengthened institutions and leaders to address gender gaps in water management.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>NIWS supported SUNASS, Peru&#8217;s national water utility regulator, to publish a guide for water utilities on how to mainstream gender in the development of MERESE programs (Peru&#8217;s mechanism for implementing payment for ecosystem services projects).\u00a0NIWS has also strengthened the technical and leadership capacities of 117 women through the Women\u2019s Leadership Program for Water Management.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnCaptionTopImageContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 9px 0 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 6000px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/cff95aefc075dc49e7553805f\/_compresseds\/1ea364ae-6fb1-1bac-343d-061c6c8be716.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; padding: 0 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #696969;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px;\">Participants in the\u00a0Women\u2019s Leadership Program for Water Management at a gathering,\u00a0\u201cWomen Transforming Water Management.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"min-width: 100% !important; background-color: #00303d; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 18px; color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>CELEBRATING WOMEN LEADERS<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px; 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text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\">A LOOK AT HOW WOMEN ARE TRANSFORMING WATER MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP IN PERU\u00a0<a id=\"WOMEN LEADERS\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" name=\"WOMEN LEADERS\"><\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #202020; line-height: 150%; text-align: left;\">Twenty-three\u00a0women leaders in water governance from 12 Peruvian regions recently gathered in Arequipa, Peru\u00a0for a meeting on \u201cWomen Transforming Water Management,\u201d organized by Forest Trends with Peruvian partners CEDEPAS Norte, Desco, Descosur, Chaski Q\u2019enti, and CONDESAN, and with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Government of Canada, and the D. N. Batten Foundation. A video from the event is below.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardBlock\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnImageCardBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardBlockInner\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 9px 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnImageCardBottomContent\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnImageCardBottomImageContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; padding: 0px 0px 0 0px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" style=\"max-width: 640px; border: 0; height: auto; outline: none; text-decoration: none; -ms-interpolation-mode: bicubic; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/cff95aefc075dc49e7553805f\/video_thumbnails_new\/77168501296ec73b8ee365ff765f2dff.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"padding: 9px 18px; color: #f2f2f2; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"546\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnBoxedTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; line-height: 150%;\" valign=\"top\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><strong>PROJECT SPOTLIGHT<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"mcnTextBlock\" style=\"min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody class=\"mcnTextBlockOuter\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextBlockInner\" style=\"padding-top: 9px; mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" valign=\"top\">\n<table class=\"mcnTextContentContainer\" style=\"max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0pt; mso-table-rspace: 0pt; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"mcnTextContent\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; word-break: break-word; color: #202020; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; padding: 0 18px 9px 18px;\" valign=\"top\"><strong><span style=\"color: #00303d;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica neue,helvetica,arial,verdana,sans-serif;\">HOW MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES, THE PARK SERVICE, AND A WATER UTILITY ARE USING NATURE TO TACKLE WATER SCARCITY IN PERU<a id=\"AREQUIPA BLOG\" style=\"mso-line-height-rule: exactly; -ms-text-size-adjust: 100%; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; color: #006666; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" name=\"AREQUIPA BLOG\"><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At nearly 14,000 feet above sea level in the mountains of southern Peru, people in the San Juan de Tarucani district in the Arequipa region are facing a water crisis. Wetlands and lagoons in the area are usually replenished during the rainy season (December through March), but in the face of lower rainfall associated with climate change, these critical water sources are drying up. And this doesn\u2019t only affect people in San Juan de Tarucani; the community is near the head of the Chili River, which supplies drinking water to the over one million inhabitants of the city of Arequipa.<\/p>\n<p>While water scarcity can be a source of division, it can also be an opportunity to come together. Some regions in Peru have been discovering the power of water as a way to unite and show up to the problem-solving table a little differently. Seeing water as a collective responsibility, rather than simply a \u201cwater utility problem,\u201d opens the door for diverse perspectives and buy-in from other sectors \u2013 collaborations every country will need to navigate water crises in a changing climate. 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