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| NHI holiday dispatch |
December 2009 |
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| ANNOUNCEMENTS |
NHI Affiliate, James Workman, releases a new book about water in a time of permanent drought.
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Happy Holidays!
Another year is coming to an end and the holidays are upon us. This year was one of the most challenging years in recent history for conservation organizations. We are extremely thankful to our board members, staff, funders, project partners and colleagues who continue to believe in us and help us pursue our mission. To them, and all our water-loving friends, we extend warm holiday wishes.
In this e-mail dispatch, we want to take the opportunity to introduce NHI's new Board Chairman and the inaugural members of our new Affiliates Program. In January, we will resume our bi-monthly newsletter with fresh updates on project activities and achievements, more NHI profiles, and our exciting plans for 2010.
Thank you for reading and Happy Holidays!
Gregory Thomas, President |
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 NHI Names a New Board Chairman: Frank Rijsberman
On December 4th, Frank Rijsberman of Google.org, was named as the new Chairman of NHI's Board of Trustees. He will assume his position in June 2010, at our next Board Meeting. Mr. Rijsberman is a Program Director at the philanthropic arm of Google, where he is responsible for their global public health initiative, among others. Mr. Rijsberman is a recognized expert in international water resources management. Before coming to the Bay Area and Google.org, he was the Director General for the International Water Management Institute in Sri Lanka and a professor at UNESCO-IHE International Institute for Water Education for nearly ten years. Read more >> |
Welcome to the NHI Affiliates Program!
In October, we initiated the Affiliates Program to systematize our longstanding practice of drawing upon external experts to supplement resident staff and board members on our project teams. It assures that we can always field state of the art expertise tailored to the specific and unique needs of each project, and it assures that we are never capacity-limited in undertaking cutting edge and transformational projects. We also will routinely involve Affiliates in designing new project concepts. Currently, we have nine members and more will be invited on an on-going basis. The exceptional skill and experience of our Affiliates is apparent from their professional biographies, which can be reviewed on our website. Read more >>
Affiliates Making News:
In addition to publishing a new book, "Heart of Dryness," NHI Affiliate James Workman, also recently weighed in on why water was missing from climate talks in Copenhagen. His op-ed appeared in the L.A. Times on November 30th and he was a guest on NPR News - Tell Me More on December 7th. |
* NHI recommends design changes in BDCP to cope with Climate Change, Massive Levee Failure, Species Extinctions
* Yellow, Yangtze and Pearl River Commissions in China join NHI's Global Dam Reoperation Project
* Update on Klamath River Restoration and Dam Decommissioning Project | |
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The Natural Heritage Institute is a non-profit public interest and conservation advocacy organization founded in 1989 and based in San Francisco, California. We work in watersheds worldwide that have been significantly altered and where intact aquatic systems of exceptional ecological value are subject to eminent development pressure.
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Jessica Peyla Nagtalon
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