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Exploring New Ways of Measuring Water Quality Project Success

  • agriculture
  • water pollution
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
  • agriculture
  • water pollution
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
Insights

New Technology Can Help Ensure that Protected Areas Stay Protected

  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping
The world has more than 177,000 protected areas, all of which require proper management to prevent harmful and illegal activities. Photo credit: Garrett Ziegler, Flickr
  • data
  • deforestation
  • mapping

Overcoming Barriers to USDA’s New Conservation Program

  • agriculture
  • water pollution
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
Agriculture is a key source of nutrient pollution in the United States. Photo credit: NOAA, Flickr
  • agriculture
  • water pollution
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
Insights

New Palm Oil Production Maps Mark a Milestone in Transparency

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • commodities
Most palm oil comes from Indonesia and Malaysia. Photo credit: Achmad Rabin Taim, Wikimedia Commons
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • commodities

What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • environmental justice
  • land rights
Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
  • environmental justice
  • land rights

A New Strategy to Improve Water Quality—One Targeted Watershed at a Time

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality
More than 15,000 streams, rivers, and lakes are too polluted with nutrient runoff to support wildlife, be enjoyed recreationally, or serve as a drinking water source. Photo credit: USDA
  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
  • Water Quality

Open Government Partnership: It’s Time for Deeper Engagement with the Environment Sector

  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
A water irrigation project in Tamil Nadu, India. Photo credit: Michael Foley, Flickr
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
Data

Eutrophication & Hypoxia Map Data Set

  • Freshwater
  • pollution
  • water pollution
  • mapping
  • data
  • Freshwater
  • pollution
  • water pollution
  • mapping
  • data
Initiatives
This website serves as an information portal about eutrophication—the over-enrichment of water by nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus—a leading threat to water quality around the world. Explore our interactive map and learn more.
Initiatives

Water Quality Trading

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Can Nutrient Trading Shrink the Gulf of Mexico's Dead Zone?

  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater
Dead fish resulting from toxins or oxygen depletion in Lake Binder, Iowa. Photo credit: Dr. Jennifer L. Graham, U.S. Geological Survey
  • water pollution
  • hypoxia
  • Freshwater