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Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University

Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University

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Flagstaff，Arizona 356 位关注者

Mobilizing the unique assets of a university to help solve the wildfire crisis and create healthy forests, communities.

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The ERI is a pioneer in conducting research and disseminating information about restoration treatment outcomes, strategies, and techniques in the Southwest. We seek to provide the best available knowledge about restoration to a wide variety of audiences, from academic researchers to professional land managers to members of the public. Our work focuses on both ecological and sociopolitical issues, and falls into three general categories: 1) research, 2) education, and 3) outreach, conducted through events, publications, and assistance with treatment implementation. The ERI is an independent research branch of Northern Arizona University. It is directed by forest ecologist and NAU Regents' Professor W. Wallace Covington, who has been studying the ecology of southwestern ponderosa pine forests since the mid-1970s. The ERI has more than 30 employees engaged in research, outreach, and education. The ERI continues to gain federal and state support for its projects. The ERI has also directly benefited southwestern communities by providing technical expertise to policy-makers, professional land managers, and community members seeking to restore ecological integrity and reduce fire risks in the region's forests. In October 2004, ERI became one of three state-level institutes approved by Congress to work to solve problems of forest health and unnatural wildfire through science-based approaches.

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https://www.eri.nau.edu
所属行业
环境服务
规模
11-50 人
总部
Flagstaff，Arizona
类型
教育机构
创立
2000
领域
Research、Education和Outreach

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  • ?? New publication! // Estimating the Return on Investment from Restoration and Fuel Treatments in US Western Frequent-Fire Forests To evaluate forest restoration and fuel treatment benefits and costs, a team of researchers at the ERI and the Conservation Economics Institute conducted a meta-analysis of benefit-cost ratios for restoration benefit types documented in the literature for western US dry mixed-conifer forests at risk of uncharacteristic wildfires. While researchers identified 17 different types of individual restoration benefits in the literature, including enhanced initial ecosystem services and avoided wildfire costs (AWC), many more benefits exist that have yet to be quantified. Some key findings and recommendations: ? For every dollar invested in forest restoration in high risk, high-value forested watersheds where all quantified benefits are present, over seven dollars of benefit may be returned to investors. ? Applying a financial type of return-on-investment to forest restoration, where only returns in excess (or below) of the initial investment are calculated, indicates the potential for a 600% return on investments in the most valuable at-risk forested watersheds. ? Many other unique restoration benefits exist that have not been economically quantified and were not included in the meta-analysis, which indicates that the total returns on investments in forest restoration are likely greater than presented in this study. ? This approach may also be used to develop an economic measure for the value of a restored acre, which includes improved ecological conditions and wildfire resilience. Learn more! Ecological Economics paper: https://lnkd.in/exc2HEKH Fact sheet highlights: https://lnkd.in/exzHvs7r

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  • Check out this new video from the ERI! ?? See how 20 years of partnerships and actionable science is leading us toward a new fire future and how we helped shift paradigms in forest restoration. ?? ? The video is playing at this week's IUFRO - International Union of Forest Research Organizations 2024 World Congress in Stockholm, Sweden! #IUFRO2024 ?? https://lnkd.in/gkmyFqsb

    ERI Video: Shifting paradigms in Forest Restoration (Long Version)

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  • Are you passionate about creating healthy, resilient forested landscapes? ?? Join our team!! ?? We’re hiring a Research Associate + a Communications Assistant Manager Learn more + apply: https://lnkd.in/gzPzqKBU ? Research Associate As a member of the Science Delivery Team, this position will coordinate with ERI scientists and communications staff to create and disseminate a regular, diverse suite of science delivery products that translate emerging science for land managers; identify key scientific questions and needs with practitioners and communicate those needs to researchers; support partnerships and collaborative forest restoration efforts; lead the coordination of workshops, seminars, and virtual events; and summarize data analyses into technical reports for managers. ? Communications Assistant Manager The position will work closely with the ERI communications manager and ERI’s science delivery and research teams to help develop and implement a range of communication and outreach strategies to engage key stakeholders; produce engaging written and digital content; assist in the translation and communication of scientific research to key audiences; provide media relations and marketing support; and assist in the production of various ERI publications and communication products.

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