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Crystal Basin Forest Restoration Project

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Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
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: North Pacific (446) (San Joaquin & Sacramento)
Project SDGs:
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6)
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Replenishment
Progress to Date: NA Acres restored
Services Needed: No services needed/offered
Desired Partner: Other
Language: English
Start & End Dates: Jan. 01, 2021  »  Dec. 31, 2022
Project Website: www.b-e-f.org
Contextual Condition(s): None
Additional Benefits: None
Beneficiaries: None
Planning & Implementation Time: 1-3 years
Primary Funding Source: Corporate funding
Project Challenges: None
Project Source: CEO Water Mandate
Profile Completion: 92%

Project Overview

The Great Basin Institute, along with several other project partners, have been working to restore 7,300 acres of the Eldorado National Forest in northeastern California as part of the Crystal Basin Ecological Restoration Project. P&G is supporting the restoration of 200 acres of forestland at high risk for fire. The project will help to reduce the risk of catastrophic fires by reducing the number of shrubs and small trees, which serve as fuel and intensify the impact of for…

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The Great Basin Institute, along with several other project partners, have been working to restore 7,300 acres of the Eldorado National Forest in northeastern California as part of the Crystal Basin Ecological Restoration Project. P&G is supporting the restoration of 200 acres of forestland at high risk for fire. The project will help to reduce the risk of catastrophic fires by reducing the number of shrubs and small trees, which serve as fuel and intensify the impact of forest fires. When forests are managed effectively for fire the water systems around them also benefit.
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: None
Project Benefits: None
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: None
Months & Implementing: 1-3 years
Primary Funding Source: Corporate funding
Challenges: None

Project Narrative

https://businessforwater.org/projects/crystal-basin-forest-restoration

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BEF scopes, develops, supports, and designs environmental water programs and projects across the U.S. The organization has been instrumental in building an NGO-led environmental water stewardship movement around Western Water issues and volumetric flow solutions. BEF collaborated in the creation … Learn More

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