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at the Dana Nature Reserve in Jordan, as described in chapter 16, and in
contrast to the small and scruffy center at the Hula Swamp in Israel, as
described in chapter 6).

• There is a need to work with neighboring farmers to compensate them for

land returned to wetlands or to create a new market for their products (see
chapter 10).

• Harvest “waste” water; in other words, don't waste it (see chapters 18, 19,

and 20).

• Ecological education can be very important as a change agent (see chapters

12, 13, and 16).

• Don't forget or be snobby about recreation along with ecological re-creation

(such actions will certainly be important in building sustainable communi-
ties at the edge of the Iraqi marshes).

• Restoration is a growth industry that employs many (see chapter 3).

• Establishment of a sustainable funding base is required to ensure ongoing

maintenance of the ecological refuge or park.

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