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		<title>Rural revitalisation through springs: Water wisdom in Fatu village, China</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Feng Yuan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 09:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mountain biodiversity and human life are inextricably intertwined. Biodiversity directly supports ecosystem resilience, sustainable development, and human well-being, especially through critical services, including water, food, medicine, and climate regulation. Human activity has a clear and significant impact on mountain biodiversity in manifold ways. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Freshwater springs and wildlife dependence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Dec 2024 03:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Natural springs in many contexts, including in mountain and water-limited (arid or semi-arid) landscapes, are often biodiversity hotspots and keystone ecosystems that have a disproportionate influence on surrounding landscapes given their usually small size.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Forgotten spring sources become lifelines in times of disaster</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Srijan Thapa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Nov 2024 08:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[drying spring sources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kavrepalanchok]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local springs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SG2]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[When the rains wreaked havoc in Nepal   in September 2024 and the centralised water supply system broke down, a couple of villages sought refuge in those enduring entities, which the villagers had largely forgotten about: springs. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In Chattogram Hill Tracts, life is on water</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sushmita Kunwar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2024 04:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Upon initial gaze, the Chattogram Hill Tracts greets you with lush green hills, lakes, waterfalls, and thriving forests that stretch endlessly. One might ponder: how can such a place grapple with water scarcity?]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Communities harness nature for water smart solutions in the Himalayan landscape</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kripa Shrestha]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Aug 2023 06:42:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dhankuta]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chhirak Maya Rai, 82, has witnessed remarkable changes throughout her life, though water was never an issue in her community.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>World Water Week 2023: We must invest in natural solutions like spring revival for water security</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Madhav Dhakal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2023 10:37:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Time to move away from a hard-engineering approach and embrace nature-based solutions for water security in hill and mountain communities  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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