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Ecological resources shared across political boundaries can be a powerful avenue for peace-building.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The power of environmental diplomacy creates a holistic positive feedback effect which can combat political (Track-1) inertia in conflict zones. Our theory of change is that science diplomacy (Track-2) and public diplomacy (Track-3) can leverage change around the dominant discourse within conflict-ridden social ecological systems. We work with stakeholders to leverage artificial intelligence and open source geospatial technologies to bring about environmental security across food, energy, water, climate and public health domains. IEDS operates within a framework of six broad themes that captures its mission and vision: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water Diplomacy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Science Diplomacy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Transboundary Animal Biosecurity<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Climate Diplomacy<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Transboundary Water In-Cooperation Network (TWIN) is a network of grassroots organizations, academic & scientific institutions, and individuals sharing a vision of clean water for all. Our mission is to strengthen and mobilize existing organizational networks that work locally, nationally and globally towards \u2018equitable and reasonable\u2019 sharing water resources across borders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Basin Resilience to Extreme Events<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vermont EPSCoR was awarded a Research Infrastructure Improvement (RII) Track-1, $20M award on June 1, 2016 for research on Lake Champlain Basin Resilience to Extreme Events (BREE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH)<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

CIROH<\/a>, a partnership between\u00a0NOAA<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0University of Alabama<\/a>, is a national consortium committed to advancing water prediction \u2013 the forecasting of streamflow entering water systems, extreme events such as floods and droughts, and water quality \u2013 and building community resilience to water-related challenges. CIROH scientists work to improve the understanding of hydrologic processes, operational hydrologic forecasting techniques and workflows, community water modeling, translation of forecasts to actionable products, and use of water predictions in decision making.\u00a0
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