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Article: CATERPILLAR GIVES US$12 MLN TO THE NATURE CONSERVANCY.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- January 17, 2005
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CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
The Nature Conservancy, with a generous $12 million gift from the Caterpillar Foundation of Caterpillar Inc., is undertaking an ambitious project that will guide protection of the world's vanishing freshwater supply and transform the way large working river systems are preserved and protected. The Great Rivers Partnership will create integrated models for sustaining great river systems of the world.
Freshwater is a critical global concern and is likely to be one of the most important issues of this century. Together, the Conservancy and Caterpillar ...