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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project, exemplary of the unifying force of transboundary waters, was built on the spirit of
incredible collaboration among researchers and staff at the United Nations Environment Programme,
and two of the partners in the Universities Partnership for Transboundary Waters: the Oregon State
University Department of Geosciences in the United States and the University of Dundee, UNESCO
Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, as well numerous other individuals from around the world
who responded to our requests for data, information, and reviews.
First and foremost at UNEP, we would like to thank Achim Steiner, United Nations Under-Secretary
General and UNEP Executive Director, Steve Lonergan and Peter Gilruth, the former and current
directors of UNEP’s Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA), and Halifa Drammeh, Special
Adviser to the Office of the Executive Director, for their consistent encouragement and support
throughout this project. We would also like to acknowledge: Salif Diop, Senior Programme Officer and
Head of DEWA’s Ecosystem Section, who provided vital professional oversight; Patrick M’mayi, DEWA
Programme Officer, who coordinated editorial contributions; Beth Ingraham, who provided guidance
on UNEP publication rules; Audrey Ringler, who provided cartographic input and advice; Winnie
Gaitho, who coordinated communication between partners; interns Martin Schaefer, Hanna Lindblom
and Vinay Rajdev, who read early drafts and provided editorial support; and Arun Elhance, who
assisted with the preface. A special ‘thank you’ goes to those UNEP staff who provided data for the
report, particularly Johannes Akiwumi and Lal Kurukulasuriya.
We are especially grateful to Roger Admiral, Sandra Arbogast, Gary Badertscher, Keith Davis,
Lynette de Silva, Richard Hermann, Michael Martin, Bryan Pendergrass, Emily Thomas, Jane McCauley
Thomas, and Milan Vatovec, and to photographers from USAID and the Wikimedia Commons project
who generously provided images used for this report. Finally, thanks go to Caryn M. Davis of Cascadia
Editing for design and layout of the report.
At Oregon State University, we would like to thank Becci Anderson for her assistance with
cartography, and Sam Littlefield for his late hours and attention to detail. Other members of the
Geosciences team who contributed their time and expertise to the project include Todd Jarvis and Erick
Stemmerman. We gratefully acknowledge Steve W. Hostetler for furnishing manipulated HADCM3
climate models. Special thanks to Melissa Carper for her willingness to jump in during the crunch and
to Karen Logan, our departmental administrator, who helped to support the backbone of the project
through multiple contracts and budget oversight. Our gratitude goes to Eva Lieberherr and Kristie
Marsh for their attention to the written words in this report. A special thank you goes to De Stefano for
providing her generous assistance with proofreading and editing.
A big thank you to Marloes Bakker and Yoshiko Sano for their attention to detail and mastery of
the multiple tables associated with this project; special thanks to Nathan Eidem and Patrick MacQuarrie
for their cheerful willingness to handle any task, from research questions to data checking to creating
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