Research, data compilation and map production:
Carmen Revenga, Project Manager (WRI)
Janet Nackoney, GIS Analyst (WRI)
Eriko Hoshino, Research Analyst (WRI)
Yumiko Kura, Research Analyst (WRI)
Jon Maidens, Data Analyst (WRI)

Production and Design:
Elroy Bos: Project Coordinator (IUCN)
Leonard Chabloz: Graphic Designer (Independent Consultant)

Published by:
IUCN, IWMI, Rasmar Convention Bureau and WRI

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Acknowledgments
IUCN, IWMI, Ramsar and WRI would like to thank the Netherlands’ Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Water and Nature Initiative of IUCN, the Challenge Program on Water and Food, and the Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture for their in-kind and financial support to the project.

Special thanks go to the following institutions that provided key data and information: BirdLife International, Conservation International’s Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, the Species Survival Commission of IUCN, and Wetlands International.

The authors would also like to thank the following colleagues and collaborators for their contributions and support: Dan Tunstall (WRI), Ger Bergkamp (IUCN), David Molden (IWMI), Upali Amarasinghe (IWMI), Delmar Blasco (Ramsar), Nick Davidson (Ramsar), Ania Grobicki (Challenge Program on Water and Food), Mike Evans (BirdLife International), Simon Stuart (SSC/CABS), Janice Long (CI/CABS), Rob Waller (CI/CABS), Scott Fraizer (Wetlands International), Ellen Amting (Wetlands International), Ximing Cai (IFPRI), David Dole (River Murray Water), David Coates (Bangladesh Fourth Fisheries Project), and Theo Visser.