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Italy, Iran, and South Africa. Novel interactive learning techniques were piloted including the
use of art & sound, community messages and practical experiments so as to boost curiosity

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and the drive to know more.

A panel session dedicated to this topic at the Global Forum was followed by a focus-meeting
involving key stakeholders setting out the way ahead. It was agreed to advance joint work

supported by a suitable “Valuing Water Taskforce”, linking to partners such as World Youth
Parliament for Water, Wavemakers United, and Monash University. The aim is for the

taskforce to serve as focal point for furthering and testing applicable methodologies and

initiatives of use for inspiring educational institutions to embed lessons from Valuing Water
and related initiatives in their curricula.

vi) Mangroves and Wetlands Development

Mangroves and wetlands represent complex ecosystems marked by multiple benefits.
Because so many stand to gain, coordinating their defence is hard, not to speak of raising

support for their restoration. Carbon credits and the call for biodiversity credits expand the

expected realm for capturing commercial benefits. Yet, other actor categories, and value
streams, typically need to come together and join forces, in order to realise adequate

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support. Examples include fishermen who stand to gain from better breeding ground for
baby-fish, landowners who benefit from land-price increases, insurance companies that run

less risk of damage from extreme weather events, and so forth.

Although easier said than done, it is now happening across the shores of South and Southeast

Asia, in Oman, in East and West Africa, and in Latin America. It is happening, but by

crawling rather than running. Governments requiring land-lease rents, controlling the carbon
credits for their own returns, issues of double counting carbon credits, and so forth, hamper

progress.

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“Workshops on Valuing Water: Engaging Children and Youth”, documented in Water and Humanity” paper
series, (1)2. Partnerships have been established with, e.g., Wavemakers United, represented by Ms. Tilly
Stroh and colleagues at the Muscat conference, Monash University, coordinated by Dr. Azimeh, and World
Youth Parliament of Water, which mandated Ms. Julianne Schillinger, University of Twente, for this task.
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François De Keuleneer, DEME Green, DEME Group, Belgium.

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