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Why donors should ask local communities what matters to them while deciding what success looks like

  • Written by Erin K. McFee, Professor of Practice of Climate Security, National Defense University
imageMembers of the Leonor Cuadras cooperative sort nursery-grown oysters in La Reforma, Mexico, in December 2023.Jonathan Röders, CC BY-ND

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