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 RESTORE is a weekly e-bulletin, published by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), 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 members. Please send your news stories and articles to the RESTORE editor at info@ser.org. |
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Get Involved / Community-Based Restoration
SER2011 World Conference on Ecological Restoration
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Closes May 15
http://www.ser2011.org/en/ser2011-scientific-program/call-for-abstracts-posters/
EARLY REGISTRATION Closes June 15
http://www.ser2011.org/en/registration/
Washington: 2011 Nisqually Stream Stewards summer training course
http://www.theolympian.com/2011/04/10/1611137/application-open-for-nisqually.html
Duwamish Alive! Brings Together Volunteers to Restore Seattle's Only River
Earth Day river restoration event on Saturday, April 16. Starting at 10 a.m. http://parkways.seattle.gov/2011/04/08/duwamish-alive-brings-together-volunteers-to-restore-seattles-only-river/
Survey: Plant Conservation Progress in the U.S. - Closes April 30, 2011
Are we making progress on plant conservation in the United States? BGCI US and the Plant Conservation Alliance are working to answer this question, and we've developed a survey that lets everyone involved in plant conservation in the U.S. easily report their efforts and help guide future plant conservation activities. Please visit www.bgci.org/usa/PCAProgress.
NOAA: Give Us your Ideas - Closes May 18, 2011
NOAA and other federal and state agencies are leading efforts to assess impacts to, and determine appropriate restoration for, Gulf resources injured by the Deepwater BP oil spill. We are in the process of identifying the types of restoration activities that will be appropriate to restore the natural resources impacted by the spill. http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration/give-us-your-ideas/
OTS Specialty Course Costa Rica - Conservation & Restoration Genetics: May 21-June 5, 2011
http://www.ots.ac.cr/images/downloads/education/graduate/specialty-courses/genetics-2011.pdf
University of Victoria Restoration Institute - May 27-28, 2011
http://www.restorationinstitute.ca/
An Investment Forum: Mobilizing Private Investment in Trees and Landscape Restoration in Africa - Nairobi 25- 27 May 2011
http://www.profor.info/profor/sites/profor.info/files/FORUM-ADVISORY-NOTE.pdf
Call Open for Ramsar Wetland Awards - Closes May 31, 2011
http://iucn.org/about/union/members/resources/news/?7045/Call-open-for-Ramsar-Wetland-Awards&utm_campaign=1107418314&utm_content=1023835583506&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Emailvision
Restoration-based Teacher Professional Development Workshop - August 1-5, 2011
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5284397.pdf
Ecosystem Services: Integrating Science and Practice: The Netherlands - October 4-7, 2011
http://www.fsd.nl/esp/77938/5/0/30
Special Issue "Urban Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration" - Deadline Dec 1, 2011
http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diversity/special_issues/urban_bcr/
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People in the News
Peru: Endangered Monkey Survives in Tiny Private Paradise
A young forest planted by a woman from the Peruvian Amazon has provided a home for 40 specimens of a highly endangered monkey species with very few places left to live. A conservation area covering a mere 23.5 hectares has become a refuge for a unique and endangered animal species in the northeastern Peruvian region of San Martín: the Andean titi monkey. This wilderness preserve was created by a local woman who singlehandedly set out to re-establish a small area of native forest.
http://www.tierramerica.info/nota.php?lang=eng&idnews=3650
The Brave New World of Ecological Restoration
At a Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) conference entitled, "Brave New World: Working with Emerging Ecosystems," Jack Sullivan, FASLA, Professor and coordinator of the new landscape architecture program at the University of Maryland College Park, said ongoing deforestation and urbanization is actually a "war on nature." Furthermore, any attempt to restore nature that has been taken over by development can't rely on the "natural history of a site" for guidance. These "post-traumatic" landscapes have been altered too much. Ecological restorationists and landscape architects, who are at the "front lines" of the battle and are the "heroes in this brave new world," must take better advantage of ecological research in order to restore nature.
http://dirt.asla.org/2011/04/06/the-brave-new-world-of-ecological-restoration/
2011 Goldman Environmental Prize Honors Six Grassroots Heroes
The Goldman Environmental Foundation today announced the six recipients of the 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize - a group of grassroots leaders who are taking on tough challenges to protect the environment and their communities, often at great personal risk.
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2011/2011-04-11-02.html
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| New Books & Articles
Precedent-Setting Evidence of the Benefits of Biodiversity
Bradley J. Cardinale of the University of Michigan has produced a new study that finally verifies that biodiversity promotes water quality and explains how it does so. Specifically, the study reveals how biodiversity helps remove excess levels of nutrients from streams that commonly degrade water quality.
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The Brave New World of Ecological Restoration
"At a Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) conference entitled, "Brave New World: Working with Emerging Ecosystems," Jack Sullivan, FASLA, Professor and coordinator of the new landscape architecture program at the University of Maryland College Park, said ongoing deforestation and urbanization is actually a "war on nature." Furthermore, any attempt to restore nature that has been taken over by development can't rely on the "natural history of a site" for guidance.
http://urbanchoreography.net/2011/04/07/the-brave-new-world-of-ecological-restoration-via-the-dirt/ |
| Biodiversity & Climate Change
Restore America's Estuaries to Lead Effort to Introduce Coastal Wetlands Restoration onto International Carbon Markets
Restore America's Estuaries (RAE) announced today that it will lead a landmark initiative to help coastal wetlands restoration and protection projects issue carbon credits on the international voluntary carbon market for the first time. RAE, a national advocacy organization dedicated to coastal and estuarine habitat restoration, will lead a technical working group that will develop requirements for quantifying and crediting the greenhouse gas benefits of several new types of wetlands conservation projects under the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program.
http://www.flyrodreel.com/blogs/tedwilliams/2011/april/restoration-international
New WBCSD Guide Supports Business Valuation of Nature
Today, The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released the Guide to Corporate Ecosystem Valuation (CEV), an innovative framework designed to enhance business understanding of the benefits and value of ecosystem services like fresh water, food, fiber and natural hazard protection.
http://www.wbcsd.org/plugins/DocSearch/details.asp?type=DocDet&ObjectId=Mzk0MzA
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable-business/corporate-ecosystem-valuation-biodiversity-business-case |
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Montana: Strong turnout at biochar symposium shows local interest in restoration
Nearly 100 people gathered at the St. Regis Community Center March 21 for the Biomass to Biochar Symposium. The success of this symposium "speaks to the hunger and willingness of all parties to consider alternatives when seeking to facilitate the restoration of our forested lands," said Kevin Chamberlain, of the Mineral County Extension Office.
http://www.clarkforkchronicle.com/article.php/20110412001128193 |
River & Watershed Restoration
Massachusetts: EPA Talks River Cleanup Options
Restoring the Housatonic River is critical to growing the region's "green capital" but it has to be done right the first time, say federal officials. "The challenge of restoring the river is restoring green capital to this area," Curt Spalding, regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, told those gathered Thursday night in Founders' Theatre at Shakespeare & Comapny. "With the industrialization of this region we lost a lot. The rivers, not just this river, were contaminated, the land was contaminated. We need to build prosperity for the 21st century and beyond.
http://www.iberkshires.com/new/story.php?story_id=38242 |
| Extractive Industries
UK: Woodbridge Quarry now a beautiful wildlife site
The restoration of the final phase of the site, called Woodbridge Quarry, is now complete after nine years of working, with two-thirds given over to a mosaic of wildlife habitats and one third to agriculture. The restoration has been carried out by Tarmac, in co-operation with Northumberland County Council and Northumberland Wildlife Trust, using the three organisations' biodiversity action plans as a guide.
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/environment-news/2011/04/09/woodbridge-quarry-now-a-beautiful-wildlife-site-61634-28487287/ |
| Funding Opportunities
Marine and Anadromous Sportfish Habitat Restoration Grants - Closes May 16, 2011
The FishAmerica Foundation, the conservation and research foundation of the American Sportfishing Association, through its partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) 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. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico.
http://www.fishamerica.org/grants/
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
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 |
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