There are 486 projects that match your search.
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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13,205.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G40 |
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An CBO working with communities to rehabilitate the watersheds of tributaries of the Nan River -a major component of the Chaophraya River draining into the Gulf of Thailand- through capacity building of community on natural resources management, ( ... )
sing alternative agriculture, preventing wild-fire and establishing dissemination
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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7,801.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G31 |
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The project location is the resident of both local people and minority group. It is also a watershed area of the Li River draining into the Ping River and the Gulf of Thailand. During the past 30 years, the communities has been facing ( ... )
nmental degradation in terms of deforestation, successive water shortage , sedimentation in water courses and the spread of the aggressive ,unwanted alien species ? Giant Sensitive Plant ( Mimosa pigra Linn.).The deforestation has been caused by commercial timbering and consumption of wood in term of household cooking.
The prevailing environmental degrading situation has prompted the
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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12,857.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G01 |
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At present, the whole world has become aware of the urgency for conservation of environment and energy, both at community and global level. Ban Hin-Ngom , a medium-sized village of 331 families in the rural area of the northeastern region, ( ... )
me basic information , has witnessed some development projects in its neighboring area and has become more aware of the potential of energy conservation/renewable energy use in day-to-day living of its members.
In order to fully put what has been learnt into practice, the Hin-Ngom Tambol Administrative Organization, a legitimate community governing unit , has planned with
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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8,969.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G38 |
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Situated in Mae Jai District of Chiangrai Province and with area about 1,000 ha, Nong Leng Sai is the most important natural reservoir in the district which supplies water for household consumption , agriculture and food.It also constitutes the ( ... )
ent area of the Ing River draining into the famous Kwan Phayao Reservoir and meets the Mekhong River at Chiangkhong District.
At present, the reservoir has encountered the environmental problems which range from excessive chemical run-off from agricultural practices, decreasing water species, destructive fishery and land degradation in term of soil compaction.
13 villages in the 4 tambols
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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12,461.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G20 |
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Situated along the west coast of the Gulf of Thailand, the project location is teeming with coral which has been a source of food and tourist spot. Starting about 5 years ago, the rate of consumption and boom of tourism have caused degradation in ( ... )
pots of the coral.
In cooperation with the district fishery office, provincial central office and community-based organizations, the club has initiated a plan to manage the consumption and use of the coral by building conservation awareness in youth groups and fishermen in the vicinity.
The project has been launching activities that emphasize the management of the coral by minimizing
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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9,555.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G22 |
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316 families live in the project location. Almost all earn their livings by planting rubber trees, fruit trees and other labourious jobs. As the price of the rubber decrease, the income of these families also decrease unavoidably. A women?s ( ... )
in the village comprising 65 members has initiated an activity which would provide supplementary income. The activity involves the establishment of the savings group and the implement of food processing.Cheh May tea is one of the endemic plant. The tea, after undergoing a heating process, will turn into a product for sales bringing additional income to the community.
The heating process
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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6,946.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G39 |
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The project location is the watershed area of the Pranburi River, an ecological portion of the Prajuabkhirikhan Coast of the Gulf of Thailand. During the past 50 years this rich-in-natural resources area has been continuously encroached by the ( ... )
ement for more cultivated land. As it has been the case for all over the country, cash crops of all kinds have been encouraged to meet the ever-increasing consumption as well as to boost the export value of the country.
Since then the application of chemical substance in the form of fertilizer and pesticide has become a thing of necessity.Even though the consequence of these unscrupulous
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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10,114.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G34 |
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A community effort to rehabilitate and protect the catchment area of an international water. Capacity building and raising awareness of target communities are major activiities.These include applying indigenous approaches in making fire break, ( ... )
tion of forest, native species propaganda as well as establising no-fishing zone.Disemmination of best practices and lessons learnt also one among the
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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8,073.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G09 |
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In the past, the communities around the project location earned their livings by practicing agriculture which can be classified into 2 categories: subsistent rice & vegetable farming and cattle raising for farming process. The practice was ( ... )
ered a natural-depending and environmentally-friendly one.
Until 40 years ago when the government carried out the policy on agriculture for large scale commercial and export, the communities has changed their practice by adopting modern agriculture which focused on mono-crop , required larger cultivated areas, introduced machinery to replace water buffalo and chemical substance animal
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,681.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G41 |
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The project location is situated in the east coast basin, an ecological component of the gulf of Thailand. It is a watershed area of the Lang Suan River draining into the gulf.With total cultivated area of approximately 100 ha and 150 target ( ... )
tion, coffee is the only major crop which supplies income to the community. In order to decrease the dependence upon coffee only, there has been a practice of growing rotation crop such as fruit trees in the coffee plots- a semi-sustainable agriculture as it may be called. However, the practice has prompted every family to use an excessive amount of chemical substance in the form of fertilizer
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,530.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G30 |
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The Banthad Range is the prime watershed area of more than 10 tributaries of the Songkhla Lagoon, an ecological part of the Gulf of Thailand. The decreasing capacity of the watershed area due to deforestation, the alteration of the water courses by ( ... )
rrigation project, the excessive chemical run-off from cultivated land , the untimely regulation of current between the lagoon and the gulf ,etc, have all contributed to the degrading situation of the ecosystems of the lagoon and the gulf. In coping with these threatening problems, the awareness of the communities , especially local educational institutes, are major factors that subsequently
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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7,312.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G08 |
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The project location is a portion of the Loei River watershed area, an adjacent to the ecological system of the Mekhong. Like many other communities in northeast Thailand, the majority of members earn their livings by farming. After 5 decades of ( ... )
uction of lucrative cash crop,some of which are of alien species, and adoption of chemical substance in farming practice, the river has become polluted. Too high concentration of the chemical residue were witnessed and confirmed. With the growing consuming society, the future is not promising but prone to more serious condition thus requires urgent address.
Capacity building through
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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5,564.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G07 |
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A wetland , Nongkhorn reservoir is situated within 2 km. of the Mekhong River.With the area of about 300 ha, the reservoir has been a sources for food and water for over 20 villages. For more than 40 years, the communities have been applying ( ... )
al fertilizer/pesticide in their fields at
so high a rate that its adverse effects are witnessed in the reservoir , in the cultivated land and subsequently in human bodies. The quantity of fishes are dwindling. To worsen the situation, when the population increases, so do the competition in fishing and destructive fishing.
Established in 1986 as a grass ? root organization, the
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,195.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G15 |
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Phou Pha Khao ( or Pha Khao Mountain) is situated in the area of Phou Kradung and Pha Khao District. It is an origin of streams that form Lam Nam Phuay and Lam Nam Phong whcih drain into the Mekhong River. The total area is approximately 1,300 ha ( ... )
habited by 8 small villages. Because of the geographical limitation ,the majority of population are planting rice for daily subsistence only while the main agricultural products are other cash crops.However, this agricultural practice is not providing subsistence due to inadequate planting area. Some families do not have any farming land at all. The migration into big towns is very common.
The
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Thailand
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Climate Change Mitigation
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2000
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6,160.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G11 |
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With around 1,280 ha of cultivated area and 343 families, the project location is one resembling
a northeastern village in the country of which over 90 % of the population are farmers and of which environmental problems stem from non-meticulous ( ... )
ation of modern technology.
Of the farming population, 90 % has adopted small tractors to replace the indigenous water buffalo use. This has added to the production cost since the yield is not increasing and price of fuel for tractors comparatively high. Besides, without water buffaloes in use, there is no free and natural fertilizer for the soil ,prompting farmers to resort to chemical
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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9,904.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G14 |
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Since 1992, the Phong River, a tributary of the Mekhong River has been under continuous threats which include toxic chemicals, from both industries and agriculture. While the industries upstream are dumping untreated waste into the river, the ( ... )
ities are making the situation worse by unscrupulous disposal of household waste. The effect of the pollution has been witnessed by the death of fishes along the river and residue in human bodies.
Since the project location comprises 7 farming communities with 890 families depending upon the river for agriculture and other domestic use, the threats directly affects the livelihood of these
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,014.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G23 |
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The project location is situated in the west coast basin, an ecological part of the Indian Ocean. The adoption of modern agriculture about 50 years ago has degraded the ecology of the project location. Chemical substance required for mono-crop ( ... )
en applied at very large scale resulting in residue depositing in water courses and cultivated land. Moreover, there is a problem on soil erosion in the watershed area. A number of community members have become migratory workers thus undermining the harmony of society.
Established 10 years ago, the network , a result of effort of farmers, consumers, government officials and NGOs, who realized
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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9,005.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G43 |
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The project location is a watershed area under the eco-system of the greater Mekhong River. In the location ,there are 8 communities comprising the Thai natives and 2 other minority groups, i.e. the Lahu and the Karen.The mid 70?s had witnessed a ( ... )
c change in agriculture in the area. Clearing national forest for mono-cash crop and applying chemical substance to boost up the yield has been become a normal practice. During the mid 80?s , three food processing factories had been built to accommodate the production from the field. These factories had drained untreated waste into the rivers where the communities had staged a protest.
In
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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6,708.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G46 |
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Nong Pla Lai is a catchment of watershed area of Rayong River, It is situated in the eastern-coast basin-an ecological part of the Gulf of Thailand.The most important reservoir in the eastern region , with total area of 3,038 ha, the ( ... )
oir possesses retention capacity of 164Million cu.metres per year of which 151 million cu.metre can be actually utilized.The reservoir supplies water for both industry, agriculture, commerce and household.
Towards the north of the reservoir is the rain-receiving area of about 408 sq.km.The area is the location of 4 industrial estates all situated on the banks of tributaries
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Thailand
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International Waters
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2000
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11,761.00
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Phase 2
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Project Number: THA/00/G10 |
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Originated in the Phetchaboon Range and constituting the ecosystem of the Mekhong River, the Phrom River had long in the past been providing water and food for communities residing along its course of approximate 200 km.At present, the ecosystem of ( ... )
er has been degraded due to
inappropriate use of land and management of water resources. Consequently, the amount of flow becomes minimal, erosion more critical and conflict in water use more complex.These problems need to be urgently addressed by conditions and needs of all communities and with support from government agencies, private sectors and other agencies in the project area.
Phrom
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