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 RESTORE is a weekly e-bulletin, published by SER International, linking you to the latest, breaking news stories from around the world keeping you up-to-date on a wide variety of topics related to ecological restoration including the latest funding opportunities. RESTORE is free to SER International members or can be subscribed to for only $20/year by visiting: www.ser.org/content/restoration_network.asp. Please send your news stories and articles to the RESTORE editor at info@ser.org. | |
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People in the News
Diversity the Best Option for Cuban Farmers
Cuban biodiversity scientist Humberto Ríos, one of the six recipients of the 2010 Goldman Environmental Prize, probably won't be able to collect the 150,000 dollars in prize money, though that setback is unlikely to cause him to lose any sleep -- or keep him from singing. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51660 DU scientist provides briefing on oil impacts
As part of Ducks Unlimited's ongoing response to the Gulf oil spill tragedy, its board of directors yesterday passed a resolution that further emphasized the organization's commitment to restore wetlands along the Gulf Coast. The resolution was brought to the floor by Mike Benge and Ron Bartels, both of whom are DU board members from Louisiana. http://7thspace.com/headlines/346149/du_scientist_provides_briefing_on_oil_impacts.html |
| New Books & Articles
Study finds reforestation may lower the climate change mitigation potential of forests
Scientists at the University of Oklahoma and the Fudan University in Shanghai, China, have found that reforestation and afforestation -- the creation of new forests -- may lower the potential of forests for climate change lessening. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-05/uoo-sfr052810.php
The star of Africa's savanna ecosystems may be the lowly termite
The majestic animals most closely associated with the African savanna -- fierce lions, massive elephants, towering giraffes -- may be relatively minor players when it comes to shaping the ecosystem. The real king of the savanna appears to be the termite, say ecologists who've found that these humble creatures contribute mightily to grassland productivity in central Kenya via a network of uniformly distributed colonies. Termite mounds greatly enhance plant and animal activity at the local level, while their even distribution over a larger area maximizes ecosystem-wide productivity. http://esciencenews.com/articles/2010/05/25/the.star.africas.savanna.ecosystems.may.be.lowly.termite
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| Restoring Natural Capital (RNC)
Mexico: Plant with Purpose
By reversing deforestation, Plant With Purpose helps the poor restore productivity to their land to create economic opportunity out of environmental restoration." Even though they work in many countries throughout the world, this video is a glimpse into the work they have going on in Oaxaca, Mexico. http://www.halleproject.org/2010/05/oaxaca-mexico-plant-with-purpose/ |
| Biodiversity & Climate Change
Indonesia: Norway won't fund RI tree planting program
The billion dollar deal signed by Indonesia and Norway will only be used for preserving forests and peatlands and will not finance tree-planting in deforested areas, says a presidential aide. Agus Purnomo, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's special assistant on climate change, said Saturday that initially the agreement was to have covered REDD Plus programs, but Norway apparently agreed only to fund REDD (reducing emission from deforestation and forest degradation) programs. REDD Plus programs include tree planting initiatives intended to increase absorption of carbon and slow global warming, according to the United Nations. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/05/31/norway-won039t-fund-ri-tree-planting-program-govt.html |
River & Watershed Restoration
Restoring New Jersey's polluted wetlands, waterways to be discussed
Dozens of polluted or degraded wetlands in Bergen and Passaic counties are being targeted for restoration by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under a large-scale project to rehabilitate environmentally sensitive land in the region. No money has set aside for the ambitious project. The cost estimates range from $262 million to $856 million for short-term goals like removing invasive weeds in the Meadowlands and $3.3 billion to $10.8 billion for long-term goals like cleaning up some of the region's dirtiest waterways, including the lower Passaic River.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/95089074_U_S__studies_plan_to_restore_fouled_wetlands.html |
| Lake Restoration
Pond communities bear lasting imprint of random events A seven-year experiment shows that pond communities bear the imprint of random events in their past, such as the order in which species were introduced into the ponds. This finding locates one of the wellsprings of biodiversity but also suggests that it may not be possible to restore ecosystems whose history we cannot recreate. http://www.physorg.com/news194186908.html |
| Coastal & Marine Restoration
India: Mangroves Face Severe Threat from Human Activities
When a super cyclone devastated the coastal districts of Orissa state in 1999, the government pledged to regenerate 3,000 hectares of mangrove. Or so forest official Chandra Sekhar Kar thought. http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=51672 |
| Extractive Industries
Video: Oil Spill Impacts
The Gulf Restoration Network, a 15-year-old environmental network that exclusively covers the health of the Gulf, has launched a weekly series focusing on the BP oil spill. The series, titled, Gulf Tides: Monitoring BP's Oil Drilling Disaster, is narrated by actor Tim Robbins and looks at the spill's effects on the Gulf coast's wildlife and communities. This installment explores some of the wildlife most affected by the oil spill, as well as those in the fishing business whose livelihoods have been rendered nonexistent. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/01/oil-spill-impacts-video-g_n_596620.html |
| Funding Opportunities
California: Ecosystem Restoration on Agricultural Lands (ERAL)
Grant funding applications are accepted on a year-round basis. The WCB meets four times each year, normally in February, May, August, and November to consider approval of funding for projects. http://www.wcb.ca.gov/ERAL/grants.html
FishAmerica Foundation Grants for Marine Restoration - Closes June 7, 2010
The FishAmerica Foundation, through its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Restoration Center, has $1 million available for marine and anadromous sportfish habitat restoration projects in the coastal United States, the Great Lakes region and the U.S. Caribbean territories. These grants will be awarded to community-based, on-the-ground projects to restore marine, estuarine and riparian habitats including salt marshes, mangrove forests and freshwater habitats important to anadromous fish species such as salmon and striped bass that spawn in freshwater and migrate to the sea. http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/home/504358-1m-in-grants-offered-for-marine-restoration
CIAP Protection and Restoration of Critical Forested Habitats - Closes July 31, 2010
Approximately $16M of the CIAP funds allocated to the state of Louisiana are being used to develop and implement a Coastal Forest Conservation Initiative (CFCI) to conserve critical coastal forest habitat for storm damage reduction and the protection and restoration of rare, declining, or ecologically significant habitats. http://www.lacpra.org/index.cfm?md=pagebuilder&tmp=home&nid=72&pnid=2&pid=61&fmid=0&catid=0&elid=0 |
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