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Sandra Postel has worked for many years on the conservation of the environment with a focus on water, primarily as the founding director of the Global Water Policy Project. Nature Water talked to her about her vision of a holistic approach to meeting challenges related to the preservation of life in our natural environment, with water at its heart.