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3. V Water Coastal protectionFood Livelihoods

4. Urbanisation Eutrophication Habitat change Population growth Invasive species Climatic change

7. Lake Hong, China Fish farmers income – 3x Biodiversity – Increased Water quality – improved Government investment - secured

8. Drachensburg Mountains Grasslands restored Winter river flow returned Cost - $4.5 million, $1million annual maintainance Return - $7.4 million per year; 300 permenant jobs; 2.5 million person days work

9. No silver bullet - Pitfalls and lessons learned

10. Mekong Delta, Vietnam – Largest mangrove restoration to date

11. - Mismanagement is undercutting valuable natural assets - Sustained investment in these assets will have multiple returns

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