Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades The Eighth Biennial Review - 2020 (2021) / Chapter Skim
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Within the social, economic, and political latticework of the 21st century, restoration of the South Florida ecosystem is now under way and represents one of the most ambitious ecosystem renewal projects ever conceived. This report represents the eighth independent assessment of the CERP's progress by the Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP)
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Said, South Florida raster iamge THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES AND EVERGLADES RESTORATION The National Academies has provided scientific and technical advice related to the Everglades restoration since 1999. The National Academies' Committee on the Restoration of the Greater Everglades Ecosystem (CROGEE)
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The boundaries of the South Florida ecosystem are determined by the boundaries of the South Florida Water Management District, the southernmost of the state's five water management districts, although they approximately delineate the boundaries of the South Florida watershed. This designation is important and helpful to the restoration effort because, as many publications have made clear, taking a wa tershed approach to ecosystem restoration is likely to improve the results, especially when the ecosystem under consideration is as water dependent as the Everglades (NRC, 1999, 2004)
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18 Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades FIGURE 1-2 The South Florida ecosystem. SOURCE: © International Mapping Associates.
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, International Mapping Associates. Reprinted with permission; copyright 2021, International Mapping.
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A discussion and evaluation of specific scientific and engineering issues that may impact progress in achieving the natural system restoration goals of the plan; and 4. An independent review of monitoring and assessment protocols to be used for evaluation of CERP progress (e.g., CERP performance measures, annual assessment reports, assessment strategies)
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REPORT ORGANIZATION In Chapter 2, the committee provides an overview of the CERP in the context of other ongoing restoration activities and discusses the restoration goals that guide the overall effort. In Chapter 3, the committee analyzes the natural system restoration progress associated with CERP and non-CERP projects, along with programmatic factors and planning efforts that affect future progress.
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