In another high-profile project, partner Allen Eskew plays a key role in the city's post-Katrina reconstruction planning.

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The donors' meeting, officials imagine, will be the final stage of reconstruction planning.

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Director Generals and department heads and directors from the major Iraqi Directorates of Research and Development, Quality Assurance, Fellowships and Cultural Relations, Studies and Planning, Reconstruction and Projects, as well as Human Resources, participated in this four-day workshop.

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New York's Department of Transportation has incorporated into its project planning a simple computer tool developed by The Nature Conservancy to highlight areas where reconstruction will have the greatest benefit for wildlife.

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