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It highlights how coffee production and hydroelectric power create impacts and dependencies that transcend local boundaries, such as global export markets and downstream ecosystem effects. The text introduces the SEI 'Water without Borders' initiative, which aims to integrate water teleconnections, early ecosystem consideration, and multi-stakeholder participation into water governance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sei-000691#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The traditional Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) approach, which focuses on the watershed as a defined geographic limit, can treat these areas as \"closed\" planning spaces. 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