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Earthwatch Institute (Europe) would like to thank the following
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and Biodiversity work:
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plc; Beacon Press; BP plc; British American Tobacco plc; Cadbury
Schweppes plc; Diageo Foundation; GE Healthcare; GlaxoSmithKline
plc; Good Energy; HSBC Holdings plc; ICI plc; KPMG; Land Securities
Group plc; Lyondell Chemical Company; Marks & Spencer plc; Mitsubishi
Corporation Fund for Europe & Africa; Premier Oil plc; RMC Group
plc; Rio Tinto plc; The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc; Royal
Mail Group plc; RWE npower; RWE Thames Water; Shell International
Ltd; Sony International (Europe) GmbH; Syngenta International AG;
UBS; The Vodafone Group Foundation; Westpac Banking Corporation;
Zurich Financial Services (UKISA) Ltd.
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