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http://sustainablog.blogspot.com [sustainablog] From Treehugger, news that ecosystems restoration work is hot. "Keith Bowers, chairman of the Society for Ecological Restoration International, says: 'From an ecological restoration standpoint, there's something on the order of tens of billions of dollars in the pipeline just in this country." On one level, this is encouraging: governments particularly are placing emphasis on repairing damaged ecosystems that provide millions of dollars worth of "services." At the same time, I'm bothered by a fact late in the post: "Funding for such restoration projects far exceeds global funding for basic conservation." I would hope that we could at least equalize this equation so maybe eco-restoration doesn't have to be multi-billion dollar concern down the road...

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http://www.thoughtmechanics.com/blog [Thought Mechanics - subjective opinions on political news] Environmental Economics: Many of the valuation studies done since then have involved water, probably because it is so obviously a valuable ecological service. Forests and swamps (or “wetlands”, to give the latter their politically correct modern moniker) filter and purify water, and act as reservoirs to capture rain and melting snow.

http://www.howlingthemoon.org [Howling At A Waning Moon] Ecosystems, economic choices and human well-being: In response to the significance of the MEA’s findings, eight of the world’s leading international conservation organizations - Birdlife International, Conservation International, IUCN-The World Conservation Union, Fauna & Flora International, the Nature Conservancy, Wetlands International, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - are pledging to work together to conserve ecosystems for the improvement of human well-being. We call on governments, the private sector, civil society and individuals to join us.

http://earthmeanders.blogspot.com [Earthmeanders.blogspot.com] Earth Meanders: Dawning of the Age of Ecological Restoration: However, it is the more rigorous restoration of natural ecosystems which concerns me most here. There have been years of scientific experiments and pilot project into how to restore composition, structure, dynamics and functions of ecological systems - even constructing plant communities from scratch on degraded land.

Ubcbotanicalgarden.orghttp://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org [Ubcbotanicalgarden.org] UBC Centre for Plant Research Weblog: Garry Oak Ecosystems Symposium: UBC Centre for Plant Research is part of the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research. UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research is a department of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences.

Forests.orghttp://forests.org [Forests.org] Forest Conservation Blog: March 2005 Archives: Ecological Internet welcomes the release of the Global Millennium Assessment - the most recent and comprehensive scientific assessment of global ecosystems < http://www.millenniumassessment.org/>. The assessment validates in a highly scientific, credible manner what environmental activists have said all along - that the Earth's population is too large, consuming too many resources, to the detriment of the Earth's life support systems.

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