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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
EARLY REGISTRATION Closes June 15
http://www.ser2011.org/en/registration/
NOAA Gulf Spill Restoration Projects: Share Your Ideas
Do you have ideas for a specific restoration project in your area? You can use the online form below to give us the details and your information will be entered into our database. http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration/give-us-your-ideas/suggest-a-restoration-project/
Restoration-based Teacher Professional Development Workshop - August 1-5, 2011
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5284397.pdf
SETAC: Pollutants in the Environment - Fate and Toxicity - Merida, Mexico August 24-27, 2011
http://mexico2011.setac.org/node/22
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/
SER Members receive 25% off Island Press purchases. Contact Caroline Bronaugh at
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| Restoring Natural Capital (RNC)
Biodiversity Offsets Make the Grade in UK's Natural Environment White Paper The UK's Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs released their "Natural Environment White Paper" today, which will guide environmental policy in the country. Unsurprisingly the White Paper strongly aligns environmental protection and restoration with economic growth, especially considering it follows on the heels of the Natural Ecosystem Assessment, which found that the UK is consistently undervaluing its ecosystem services.
http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/article.page.php?page_id=8358§ion=news_articles&eod=1 |
| Biodiversity & Climate Change
Australia: Land Sale Release to create first Carbon Neutral biodiversity cycle
A new Australian land sale release initiative titled 'Trees for Tomorrow' will set new standards in sustainable funding to ensure carbon sink plantations also recognise biodiversity. Carbon Neutral, a Western Australian not-for-profit carbon advisory firm and carbon offset retailer, has released the first parcels of rural land under its restoration and reforestation programme in some of the country's most significant biodiversity hotspots.
http://www.prwire.com.au/pr/23342/land-sale-release-to-create-first-carbon-neutral-biodiversity-cycle
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| Wetland Restoration
ADB applauds northeast China's wetland biodiversity preservation project
Asian Development Bank (ADB) officials have praised a recently completed wetland biodiversity preservation project co-financed by the bank in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The five-year project has reached its goals of restoring wetlands in the Xingkai Lake Natural Reserve, located in the Sanjiang Plain wetlands, and establishing a monitoring system to observe wildlife there, Cui Changjie, deputy head of the natural reserve, said Thursday.
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7399585.html
California: Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy nears long-held goal
The state of California recently began the process of transferring ownership of the Newland Marsh, a 44-acre property at Beach Boulevard and Pacific Coast Highway that constitutes the final stretch of wetlands that Smith's nonprofit, the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy, has yet to take over. If that transaction is settled, the wetlands conservancy plans to remove a portion of the levee that separates the marsh from the ocean. A few swings of the wrecking ball, and the mission that Smith has pursued without pay since 1985 will be complete.
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-me-beach-wetlands-20110530,0,4906052.story?track=rss
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River & Watershed Restoration
Vilsack Introduces Framework for America's Watersheds
The map establishes a baseline that will be used to establish priorities for watershed restoration and maintenance. The national Watershed Condition Framework establishes a consistent, comparable, and credible process for characterizing, prioritizing, improving, and tracking the health of watersheds on national forests and grasslands. The Framework also builds added accountability and transparency into the Integrated Resource Restoration program which is included in President Obama's budget proposal for the next fiscal year.
http://www.wisconsinagconnection.com/story-national.php?Id=1191&yr=2011 |
| Coastal & Marine Restoration
NZ Government supports environmental champions
He also announced another $300,000 will go to the Dune Restoration Trust of New Zealand to restore indigenous biodiversity in coastal environments throughout the country.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/govt-supports-environmental-champions-4206593
Louisiana: Wetland Restoration (Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge)
A bunch of Duke students preparing to plant native marsh grasses in Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, in order to revitalize habitat that was damaged during Hurricane Katrina. May 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3KsZ16B6l4
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Wildlife Restoration
New York: Grant award will help restore turtle habitat
The York Land Trust was recently selected to receive $300,000 in funding from the Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program in order to help purchase and restore a 52-acre parcel near the Belle Marsh Road Reservoir. The overall cost of the project is expected to be $375,000. York Land Trust's restoration efforts will involve the removal of two road sections to re-establish a natural flow of water through wetlands in the area, remediation of erosion and the creation of artificial turtle nest sites.
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110608/NEWS/106080324/-1/NEWSMAP
Washington: North Kitsap's Carpenter Creek restoration finally moves forward
After more than a decade of working and waiting, the Carpenter Creek estuary restoration project finally breaks ground later this month. Kitsap County will begin replacing a 10-foot-wide culvert under South Kingston Road with a 90-foot-wide bridge starting June 27. Funded by a nearly $2 million state grant, the project is considered one of the county's most important habitat restoration projects in years.
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/jun/05/carpenter-creek-restoration-finally-moves/ |
| Funding Opportunities
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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