Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel June 8, 2005 NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to Management Management and Wetland and Wetland Restoration Restoration JOHN H. DUNNIGAN Ecosystem Goal Lead Capitol Hill Oceans Week June 8, 2005
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Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel
June 8, 2005
NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to NOAA’s Ecosystem Approach to ManagementManagement and Wetland and Wetland
RestorationRestoration
JOHN H. DUNNIGAN Ecosystem Goal Lead
Capitol Hill Oceans Week June 8, 2005
Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel
June 8, 2005
Ultimate EcosystemUltimate Ecosystem
Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel
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NOAA’s Vision:NOAA’s Vision:A Better World Through Ecological and A Better World Through Ecological and
Environmental Knowledge, and StewardshipEnvironmental Knowledge, and Stewardship
EcosystemsEcosystems ClimateClimate Weather and Weather and WaterWater
Transportation Transportation and Commerceand Commerce
Protect, Protect, restorerestore, and manage the use , and manage the use of coastal and ocean resources of coastal and ocean resources
through ecosystem-based through ecosystem-based managementmanagement
NOAA’s Strategic GoalsNOAA’s Strategic Goals
Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel
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An Ecosystem is:- a geographically specified system of
organisms (including humans), and
- the environment and the processes that control its dynamics.
Ecosystem DefinitionEcosystem Definition
Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel
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An ecosystem approach to management:• Collaborative• Incremental• Adaptive• Geographically Specific• Accounts for ecosystem
knowledge and uncertainty
• Considers multiple external influences
• Balances diverse societal objectives
Ecosystem Approach to Ecosystem Approach to Management Management
Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel
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10 Large Marine 10 Large Marine EcosystemsEcosystems
Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel
Inland Boundary• Coastal Watersheds• Inland Extent of Diadromous fish
Next Steps• Refine boundaries of ten ecosystems• Hold regional stakeholder workshops• Determine sub-ecoregions• Establish ecosystem health and socio- economic indicators
Capitol Hill Oceans Week Wetlands Restoration Panel
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NOAA’s Habitat Program • compensatory restoration• large-scale wetland restoration• community-involved