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Costa Rica partners with Restor to protect its forests
A partnership between the Government of Costa Rica and Restor, an open science platform for ecosystem restoration, promises to deliver a greater level of transparency to the country’s conservation and restoration efforts. As part of the agreement, Costa Rica will publish details about its payment program for ecosystem services (PES) projects on Restor and receive access to global monitoring data and tools. “By sharing our payment for ecosystem services projects on Restor, Costa Rica is making its commitments on forest loss and recovery transparent, traceable, and accountable. We hope this will inspire other countries to do the same,” said Andrea Meza Murillo, Costa Rica’s Minister of Environment and Energy. Since…
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Clara Rowe, CEO Of Restor, Named Google.Org Leader To Watch
Google.org announced that Clara Rowe, CEO of Restor, is one of seven “Leaders to Watch” from nonprofits around the world. Clara Rowe has more than a decade of experience in natural resource management, international development, and sustainable agriculture. This expertise in bridging the gap between global sustainability solutions and on-the-ground challenges has prepared her for the work she’s doing today as the CEO of Restor, a science-based open data platform that supports and connects restoration projects of all sizes around the world. “I am honored to be recognized as one of Google.org’s nonprofit Leaders to Watch for 2022,” says Clara Rowe. “I have been working for nonprofits my whole career…
