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Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration
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This report is a product of the Panel to Review the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative—a panel organized by the National Research Council (NRC) in response to congressional concerns that the restoration of the greater Everglades ecosystem be supported by the best possible science. The Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative (CESI) has been the primary investment by the U.S. Department of the Interior to provide scientific information to advise restoration decision-making and to guide its own land management responsibilities for South Florida ecosystem restoration. Nevertheless, it is important to recognize that the CESI program investments represent only a small fraction of total South Florida restoration science funding. Even in the years of greatest CESI funding (fiscal years 1998–1999), the program represented just 17 percent of federal and state investments in restoration-related science and monitoring, according to the interagency cross cut budgets (SFERTF, 2002). This study focused on the science components of the CESI program and did not attempt to provide a comprehensive evaluation of all restoration science. Nevertheless, the review was undertaken in the context of the range of ongoing science efforts of the various entities involved in the South Florida restoration program. See the Executive Summary or Chapter 1 for the study's Statement of Task.
Panel to Review the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative, National Research Council - Organizational Body
0-309-08728-7
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Management
English
2003
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