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Amazon
Area: 5888268 km2
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Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
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Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: United States of America
Basins: Arkansas & White River
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
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Nature-Based Solutions
Progress to Date: 80000 Hectares of land protected
Services Needed: Financial support
Desired Partner: Investor
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2021  »  Dec. 31, 2024
Project Website: ungc-production.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/attachments/cop_2...
Contextual Condition(s): PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Additional Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created
Beneficiaries: Water utilities
Planning & Implementation Time: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: pool
Project Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources
Project Source: CEO Water Mandate
Profile Completion: 87%

Project Overview

We will advance our watershed-restoration program in water-stressed regions of our cotton supply chain. NIKEÕs watershed restoration work is focused on our extended cotton supply chain. The primary benefit of these watershed-restoration projects is not only reductions in our freshwater footprint, they can also have secondary benefits such as reductions in pesticide runoff, improved soil health, and better community access to water depending on local needs and conditions. We …

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We will advance our watershed-restoration program in water-stressed regions of our cotton supply chain. NIKEÕs watershed restoration work is focused on our extended cotton supply chain. The primary benefit of these watershed-restoration projects is not only reductions in our freshwater footprint, they can also have secondary benefits such as reductions in pesticide runoff, improved soil health, and better community access to water depending on local needs and conditions. We are working with The Nature Conservancy and started by piloting two projects in Maharashtra, India and Murray Darling, Australia. In India, we funded a one-year integrated drought risk management strategy by installing drip irrigation at smallholder farms with a focus on vulnerable communities and female farmers. In Australia, we supported the establishment of a conservation covenant to permanently protect 80,000 hectares of biodiverse wetlands and floodplains at Gayini Nimmie-Caira, a region with intensive agriculture, including cotton. This will help to restore cultural heritage sites and medicinal food plants; transfer ownership to the Nari Nari community (the Traditional Custodians of the land), unlock perpetual conservation funding, and protect the habitat of hundreds of species. We will expand this water restoration project portfolio over the next five years to reach the 2025 target.
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
Project Benefits: Long-term partnership(s) created
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: Water utilities
Months & Implementing: More than 3 years
Primary Funding Source: Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners)
Challenges: RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources

Project Narrative

Provide funding to the Edwards Aquifer Conservancy/Edwards Aquifer Authority to purchase easements for land, optimizing for cost, recharge function and threat of land conversion.

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NIKE, Inc., based near Beaverton, Oregon, USA, is the world's leading designer, marketer and distributor of authentic athletic footwear, apparel, equipment and accessories for a wide variety of sports and fitness activities. Wholly-owned Nike subsidiaries include Converse Inc., which designs, … Learn More

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