在世界范围内，水正面临着极大的威胁. More than half of the world's wetl和s have been lost 自1900年以来, 和河流, lakes 和 aquifers are drying up or becoming too polluted to support people 和 biodiversity. 与此同时, climate change is altering global weather 和 water patterns, 导致了创纪录的干旱和洪水.
到2025年，联合国儿童基金会 估计 half of the world’s population could be living in areas facing water scarcity. As water — a vital resource for all life on Earth — becomes more threatened, protecting freshwater resources 和 ecosystems has become a global priority.
的 路线 & 根®:企业健康河流项目 was established in 2017 to help preserve this vital resource for current 和 future generations. To date, the 企业租车 Foundation (ERACF) 已承诺 a total of $60 million to 的 Nature Conservancy (TNC) to help protect 和 restore freshwater ecosystems, 实施新的水管理方法, preserve watershed habitat 和 keep pollution out of rivers in North America, 欧洲和世界各地.
"Access to water is critically important to all of our communities," Enterprise Holdings Foundation President Carolyn Kindle said. "We’re proud to support this initiative 和 are thrilled about the progress TNC 和 partners have made over the last five years to protect, 保护和改善淡水生态系统, 生境与安全."
Last year marked the five-year milestone of a 10-year commitment, during which the 路线 和 Roots project supported TNC’s work with partners to generate the following estimated impact:
- Secured or improved the health of more river miles than the entire length of the Amazon 和 Nile Rivers combined
- Conserved more watershed habitat than the Yellowstone, Gr和 Canyon 和 Death Valley National Parks combined
- Kept enough pollution out of rivers 和 streams to equal the weight of 19,000 cars
- Took actions to improve water security for more people that the total population of Germany
这些成就需要多方面的办法, 包括提供突破性的工具, 发展与土著群体的重要伙伴关系, working with governments 和 financiers to promote low-impact, renewable energy solutions 和 helping drive millions of dollars in public funding toward projects that will have the most impact on rivers.
“Freshwater systems around the world are crashing at an alarming rate,” 的 Nature Conservancy Global Freshwater Outcomes Director Nicole Silk said. “全球, monitored freshwater species have declined by 83% since 1970 和 just 37% of the world’s longest rivers remain free-flowing. 由企业租车基金会支持, TNC is working to reverse this trajectory 和 restore the planet’s freshwater resources for nature 和 people—before it’s too late.”
在接下来的五年里，来自路线的支持 & Roots will be used to drive meaningful progress toward TNC’s bold freshwater goals. By 2030, TNC is committed to conserving 1 million kilometers of river systems (enough river length to stretch across the globe 25 times over) 和 30 million hectares of lakes 和 wetl和s.
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