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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#232333;background:white;font-weight:normal">Green and Nature-Based Infrastructure Solutions for Economic Recovery in
New England<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#232333;background:white">Oct 27, 2021 11:00 AM – 1 PM ET</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#232333;background:white">Join the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s Center for Scientific Evidence in Public Issues (AAAS EPI Center) for a webinar examining green and nature-based infrastructure
solutions for the New England region. Developed in consultation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region 1, panelists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE), as well as the Trust for Public Lands will explore various opportunities, processes, and access points available to communities for the equitable planning and implementation of green and nature-based infrastructure in New England.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#232333;background:white">The two-hour webinar will highlight collaborative, multi-disciplinary approaches to support green and nature-based infrastructure solutions and address:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="color:#232333;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="background:white">Why green infrastructure? The scientific evidence and co-benefits of green infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="color:#232333;background:white">How to identify opportunities and resources for the equitable planning and implementation of green and nature-based infrastructure solutions to address long term economic and climate resilience</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:#232333;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="background:white">Planning a nature-based infrastructure project: workshopping Mystic River coastal resilience planning<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Session 1: Why green infrastructure? Highlighting the scientific evidence and co-benefits of green infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Session 2: Identifying opportunities and resources for the equitable planning and implementation of green and nature-based infrastructure solutions to address long term economic and climate resilience<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Session 3: Workshopping a nature-based infrastructure project: Mystic River coastal resilience planning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Please direct questions to the AAAS EPI Center at
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