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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. | |
Get Involved / Community-Based Restoration
Attention SER Members
SER Members receive 25% off Island Press purchases. Contact Caroline Bronaugh at caroline@ser.org for details!
Get Involved/Community-based Restoration
"Mangrove Ecology, Management and Restoration Training Course" - January 18-21, 2011
Contact Robin Lewis to apply: LESRRL3@AOL.COM OR LESRRL3@GMAIL.COM
Wisconsin Wetlands Association Annual Conference February 16-17, 2011
http://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/2011conference.htm
Portland: Watershed Wide Volunteer Restoration Event - March 5, 2011
http://www.katu.com/outdoors/events/105366513.html
Florida: Service at Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge - April 3-9, 2011
http://www.sierraclub.org/outings/national/brochure/11076a.aspx
Wildlands Restoration Volunteers - Upcoming Projects
http://wlrv.net/colorado/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.events&type=792&i=2010
Conferences & Workshops
Ecological Society of Australia 2010 Annual Conference - December 5-10, 2010
http://www.esa2010.org.au/
Restoring Rivers in the Southwestern US and Northern Mexico: A bi-national conference on lessons from the past for the benefit of the future December 7-9, 2010
http://www.worldwildlife.org/what/wherewework/chihuahuandesert/conference2010.html
The 2011 Florida Experience: Using Ecosystem Restoration to Enhance Water Resources - Jan 10-Jan 14, 2011
http://events.linkedin.com/2011-Florida-Experience-Using-Ecosystem/pub/485469
2011 Conference Listing NOW Available on the GRN
http://www.globalrestorationnetwork.org/conferences/ |
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People in the News
Richard N. Goldman dies at 90; co-founder of Goldman Environmental Prize
Spurred by the Exxon Valdez oil spill, Goldman and his wife, Rhoda, started the prize in 1989 to recognize grass-roots environmental activists and organizers with an annual award that has grown to $150,000.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/environment/la-me-richard-goldman-20101201,0,4580734.story
Environmental restoration project touted as a turning point for the environment wins prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Moriyama & Teshima, in joint venture with engineers Buro Happold, successfully developed a design solution that enabled restoration of a 120-km watershed within a 4,032 square kilometre catchment that had become a toxic landfill in the heart of Riyadh.
http://www.exchangemagazine.com/morningpost/2010/week47/Friday/112602.htm
The power of a question: Whole Terrain interviews educator, Laurette Rogers
It started with a question. One of Laurette Rogers's fourth-graders asked how they could save endangered species. Rogers knew she needed a real answer, so she and her students started researching. They teamed up with ranchers, biologists and government agency representatives to launch a meaningful project: restoring habitat for the nearby, endangered California freshwater shrimp. Within six months, the project won national recognition, including the Anheuser-Busch Theme Parks Environmental Award.
http://wholeterrain.com/2010/11/25/the-power-of-a-question-wt-interviews-educator-laurette-rogers/ |
New Books & Articles
Study: Ecological effects of biodiversity loss underestimated
Ecologists say prior studies underestimated the specific dietary needs of most species. Children aren't the only youngsters who are picky eaters: More than half of all species are believed to change their diets -- sometimes more than once -- between birth and adulthood. And a new study by ecologists at Rice University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, finds this pattern has major implications for the survival of threatened species and the stability of natural ecosystems.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-11/ru-see113010.php
Missouri River Planning: Recognizing and Incorporating Sediment Management
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13019 |
Agro-Ecology
Audio: In Malawi, A Greener Revolution Aligns Diet And Land
More than a decade ago, Snapp started looking for ways that farmers could add alternative crops to their fields and their meals. She focused on a class of plants called legumes, which includes peas, beans and peanuts. Legumes don't deliver as much grain as corn, but they contain precious protein. What's more, they take nitrogen from the air and convert it into fertilizer, replenishing the soil for the next corn crop. http://www.npr.org/2010/11/29/131675409/in-malawi-a-greener-revolution-aligns-diet-and-land?ft=1&f=1025 |
Biodiversity & Climate Change
New Policy Blog by the Society for Conservation Biology
Although the blog is maintained by elected board members of SCB's sections and SCB staff, it is 'unofficial' in that the blog posts represent the views of the posts' authors rather than official positions of SCB. However, the policy statement documents posted on this site have been approved under the Society's policy approval process
http://www.conbiopolicy.org/
Soil microbes define dangerous rates of climate change
The rate of global warming could lead to a rapid release of carbon from peatlands that would further accelerate global warming. Two recent studies published by the Mathematics Research Institute at the University of Exeter highlight the risk that this 'compost bomb' instability could pose, and calculate the conditions under which it could occur. The same Exeter team is now exploring a possible link between the theories described in the studies and last summer's devastating peatland fires in Russia.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-11/uoe-smd112910.php |
Moving Beyond the Buffer Pool
No one can guarantee that carbon sequestered in any individual tree will stay there forever, but there are ways of guaranteeing that credits earned by saving trees won't go up in smoke if something happens to the forest. Until now, it's been done by keeping large swathes of rescued forest in "buffer pools", but a new tool makes it easier and cheaper by moving towards private insurance for forest projects.
http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/article.page.php?page_id=7863§ion=news_articles&eod=1
New IFM method to boost forest restoration
A second improved forest management (IFM) project methodology has been approved for use with the Voluntary Carbon Standard, an important step in applying carbon market finance to the restoration of degraded native tropical forests.
http://www.carbonpositive.net/viewarticle.aspx?articleID=2196
Arizona: Forest restoration proves positive for wildlife habitat
Many people are aware of the benefits forest restoration provides for wildfire prevention, forest health and even for the local economies, but what some folks may not know is treatment being done in the White Mountains is benefiting all the fish and critters. "Overall, the work that has been done through the White Mountain Stewardship Contract has been positive for wildlife," says Dave Dorum, Arizona Game & Fish Habitat Program Manager, Region 1.
http://www.wmicentral.com/news/latest_news/article_713f2bbc-f80b-11df-9e01-001cc4c002e0.html |
Wetland Restoration
Illinois: Farm fields returned to wetland leave lasting legacy
The Jenkins are the first in the area to sign up for a wetland restoration program offered through a collaboration with Ducks Unlimited, the Natural Resources Conservation Service and Wetlands Reserve Enhancement Program. That collaboration is bringing $2.5 million into the Upper Peoria Lakes region for wetland restoration.
http://www.pjstar.com/features/x1621194545/Farm-fields-returned-to-wetland-leave-lasting-legacy |
Coastal & Marine Restoration
India: Increase in Mangrove Forest Cover
There has generally been a net increase in mangrove forest cover on the east coast of India. As per the State of Forest Report 2009, published by Forest Survey of India, the mangrove cover which was 4581 km2 in 2005, has increased to 4639 km2 in 2007, i.e. there has been a net increase of 58 km2 in mangrove cover of the country. The increase in mangrove cover is mainly because of plantations and regeneration measures under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry.
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=67754 |
Extractive Industries
Pennsylvania: Commission to Receive $1.3 Million to Help Restore Delaware River
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will receive approximately $1.3 million to restore habitat on a Delaware River tributary under an award from the U.S. Coast Guard Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund (OSLTF) stemming from a 2004 incident that dumped more than 250,000 gallons of crude oil into the river.
http://gantdaily.com/2010/11/29/commission-to-receive-1-3-million-to-help-restore-delaware-river-from-2004-oil-spill-impacts/ |
Invasive Species
Missouri: Cutting red cedar Christmas trees will help WildLands
Eastern red cedar trees are offered annually for holiday decorations to remove cedars that have invaded native meadows and glades. Cedars can spread rapidly and suppress desirable native wildflowers and grasses. Naturally occurring wildfires once kept cedars in check on prairies. But fire suppression has allowed them to spread, and cutting them for Christmas trees is one way to restore natural grassland at the park.
http://www.examiner.net/sports/x1743698281/Cutting-red-cedar-Christmas-trees-will-help-WildLands |
Funding Opportunities
USDA Announces Support for Restoration of Nonindustrial Private Forest Land Damaged by Natural Disasters
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today said that $18 million will be made available to assist nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners restore lands damaged by natural disasters. The funds are provided through USDA's Emergency Forest Restoration Program.
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os_gAC9-wMJ8QY0MDpxBDA09nXw9DFxcXQ-cAA_2CbEdFAEUOjoE!/?contentidonly=true&contentid=2010%2F11%2F0614.xml
Terra Viva Grants develops and manages information about grants for agriculture, energy, environment, and natural resources in the world's developing countries.
http://www.terravivagrants.org/Home/view-grant-makers
World: Call for wet carbon proposals
Danone would like to invest in projects which deliver certified carbon credits and local community benefits through restoring mangrove ecosystems. They are interested in large-scale projects which can be implemented quickly and efficiently. Working in partnership with IUCN and Ramsar, Danone is seeking to invest in wet carbon projects that have the potential to deliver between 10,000 and 300,000 tons per annum of carbon offsets, certifiable by the Clean Development Mechanism or the Voluntary Carbon Standard.
http://wetcarbon.com/
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
Tamarisk Related Grant Opportunities
The Tamarisk Coalition has developed a list of available Grant Opportunities to address tamarisk issues and riparian restoration. This list was revised as part of the Colorado River Basin Tamarisk and Russian Olive Assessment.
http://www.tamariskcoalition.org/FundingResources.html
Pennsylvania: WPC and Dominion Resources Seek Proposals for Watershed Mini Grants - Closes December 15, 2010
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy is accepting proposals for the 2010-2011 Watershed Mini Grant program, which provides assistance to the region's grassroots watershed groups. Funding for the program is provided by Dominion. The mini-grants program supports operating costs, organizational promotion and outreach, and/or watershed restoration projects. Grants of up to $1,000 may be awarded for operating expenses. Up to $2,500 is available for promotion and outreach or restoration projects.
http://www.paconserve.org/news/view/128 |
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