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https://www.forest-trends.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/INdonesia-water-waterfall-forest-rainforest.jpg640427Smart foreign aid focused on putting an economic engine between conservation and ecological restoration delivers multiple benefits that serve US interests. By empowering local communities, strengthening legal markets, and creating sustainable economic opportunities, we help build the kind of stable, prosperous world that makes America safer and stronger.