Science and the Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration An Assessment of the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative (2003) / Chapter Skim
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In the past few years, however, the investment in science and research relevant to the restoration has eroded measurably within some agencies, including one major Department of the Interior (DON) science program, the Critical Ecosystem Studies Initiative (CESI)
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The CESI program's "gapfi~ling" strategy offers agility and flexibility, allowing the program to address emerging research needs and to respond to urgent decision-making timeframes, while also supporting overlooked or underfunded science needs. From its inception, the CESI program has funded a wide range of studies, including experimental ecosystem research, model development and refinement, ecosystem characterization, environmental impact assessments, restoration planning, and science review.
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These ongoing projects, however, highlight the inherent difficulties of providing effective scientific advice after the project planning process has already begun. Nevertheless, scientific information derived from these early projects can be used to inform largerscaTe restoration decisions and improve the design of future Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP)
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The broader restoration requires a single overarching entity to facilitate comprehensive restoration science synthesis and to coordinate scientific efforts beyond the boundaries of the CERP and of the CESI program. Such an entity would provide scientific vision for the restoration, promote collaboration to maximize the cost effectiveness of science resources, and improve the usefulness of new and existing scientific information.
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Scientists and planners alike recognize that it will not be possible to resolve all scientific uncertainties before the restoration construction begins; thus, increased reliance will be placed on adaptive management to incorporate research results throughout the process of restoration project planning, construction, and operation. Project designs must be sufficiently resilient to accommodate new research findings and allow sufficient operational changes after construction.
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Passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000 altered the political and administrative environment within which the greater restoration process will proceed, and circumstances have changed significantly from those in place when the CEST program was formed in ~ 997. In the CERP, an organizational framework called RECOVER2 was created as the primary venue for communicating scientific results to the project planners and engineers responsible for implementation, and the RECOVER team is emerging as one of the potential leading science advisory organizations in South Florida.
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