Funding-EPA
Geographic, Statistical,
and Indicator Research grants; deadline Feb. 20, 2009
Agency
Environmental
Protection Agency
Description
The U.S
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking applications proposing
innovative approaches to determining how to employ the growing experience in
conducting surveys of the ecological condition of freshwater systems (e.g.,
flowing waters, wetlands, and lakes) to the emerging need to include the value
of ecosystem services in environmental decision-making. Services provided by
ecosystems to humans include provisioning [e.g., providing water food, fuel,
fiber]; support [soil fertility, nutrient cycling, pollination]; regulation
[climate moderation, flood control]; cultural [economic, spiritual, and recreational
benefits]; and preservation [biodiversity, renewable resources].) Methods for
using indicators of and data on wetland condition to quantify the services
provided by freshwater systems are vital if land managers, especially the
states and tribes, are to ensure continued benefit from those services. The
goal of this research is to develop relationships between measures of
ecological condition to the delivery of ecosystem services by freshwater
systems (e.g., flowing waters, wetlands, and lakes) that can be used in
conjunction with surveys of ecological condition.
Announcement
Number: EPA-ORD-09-WED29788
Closing
Date: Feb 20, 2009
Link to Full
Announcement
http://www.epa.gov/nheerl/about/files/EPA-ORD-09-WED29788.pdf
Contact
Information
Larry Hodgson
(740)
261-5036