ELI Research Brief #5 - Turning Points: The Development-Environment Relationship
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A Handbook for Prioritizing Wetland and Stream Restoration and Protection Using Landscape Analysis Tools
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A Handbook for Prioritizing Wetland and Stream Restoration and Protection Using Landscape Analysis Tools (2013), provides states, tribes, and local governments with information about the range of tools used by wetland programs across the country to prioritize wetlands and streams for restoration and protection. The handbook is intended to help guide the development, establishment, and refinement of approaches for identifying restoration and protection priorities.
Delaware Offshore Alternative Energy Framework Review & Recommendations
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This report explores Delaware’s framework for managing offshore alternative energy.
Lasting Landscapes: Reflections on the Role of Conservation Science in Land Use Planning
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Land use and development decisions made at the local, county, and state levels have a significant and cumulative effect on the conservation of native species diversity. Through their planning and local regulatory powers, land use planners and local elected officials have the ability to influence the types, extent, and arrangement of land uses across the landscape. These patterns can have a profound influence on the viability of biodiversity far beyond municipal boundaries.
Indigenous Peoples and Natural Ecosystems in Central America and Southern Mexico
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In January of this year Native Lands’ new map, Indigenous Peoples and Natural Ecosystems in Central America and Southern Mexico, was completed. It is an update of an earlier map, The Coexistence of Indigenous Peoples and the Natural Environment in Central America, published in 1992. Both maps were collaborative efforts between Native Lands and the National Geographic Society. The original map put on display forest cover and areas of indigenous use and occupation.
Sustainability in Practice
This report discusses sustainable development efforts throughout the United States involving diverse partnerships, objectives, environmental media, and approaches. The study is based on certain questions including, How does sustainability as practiced by local communities address the objectives set out by the President`s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD)? How are sustainability partnerships structured? Is there a diversity of projects? What tools are used in carrying out the projects, and what variables do these tools correspond with? How do these efforts differ by region?
NEPA Success Stories: Celebrating 40 Years of Transparency and Open Government
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This report presents 13 vignettes of how the National Environmental Policy Act helped improve government decisionmaking through public comment and vetting ideas with other agencies. This is a joint project of the Environmental Law Institute along with the Grand Canyon Trust and the Partnership Project.