Hello robwin-ga,
There are lots of resources available for you on worldwide
public/private partnerships in the management of wetlands. I’ve
collected a sampling of projects to show you the range of activities
in this area. I’ve also collected some resources that will help you
choose from hundreds of additional projects that fit your interests.
In addition, I’ve also listed a variety of organizations and other
resources that will provided further information about US and
international projects. It is apparent from some of the news articles
I've found that wetlands partnership legislation is a politically
sensitive and controversial subject.
Please ask for clarification if you need additional information about
the material I’ve collected for you.
Good luck with your projects.
czh
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SAMPLE PUBLIC/PRIVATE WETLANDS MANAGEMENT PROJECTS
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http://www.firstgov.gov/fgsearch/index.jsp?mw0=public+private+partnership&rn=24&in0=domain&dom0=fws.gov&parsed=true&menu2=http%3A%2F%2Foffices.fws.gov%2F
Search Results, from the US Fish and Wildlife Service
Your Federal search for "public private partnership wetlands" returned
873 results. They are listed below in order of relevance.
***** I’ve included the link to my search and the 800+ hits that I got
as a result. You can browse through these for projects that are of
interest to you or you can conduct your own searches for additional
information.
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http://news.fws.gov/newsreleases/r4/C9F4E89A-D06F-433E-86745B914A9A7B96.html
Innovative Public-Private Partnership Creates Red River National
Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, August 26, 2002
Natchitoches, La. - The nation's newest wildlife refuge was dedicated
today by Interior Secretary Gale Norton in a ceremony highlighting the
partnerships that made it possible. The Red River National Wildlife
Refuge in Louisiana owes its existence to Entergy Corporation, The
Conservation Fund, The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other
volunteers.
"The dedication of Red River National Wildlife Refuge represents a
triumph of cooperation and partnership in the service of
conservation," said Secretary of the Interior Gale A. Norton. "Thanks
to the contributions of Entergy and The Conservation Fund, the new
refuge will provide habitat for fish and wildlife while offering the
citizens of Louisiana recreational opportunities. At the same time,
the restoration of the bottomland hardwood forest will remove 240 tons
of carbon from the atmosphere each year, providing cleaner air"
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http://www.aswm.org/wbn/archive/00/000529.htm
Public-Private Partnership Tackles Wetlands Restoration
WASHINGTON, DC, May 26, 2000 (ENS) – "The federal Coastal America
office has launched a new public-private partnership dedicated to
restoring wetlands and other aquatic habitats across the U.S. The
national Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (CWRP) is a
partnership among the federal government, state governments and
private corporations to restore degraded saltwater and freshwater
wetlands and other aquatic habitats . . . The Gillette Company, Duke
Energy and the National Association of Manufacturers are founding
partners in the program. The partnership expands a program initiated
in Massachusetts last year by Gillette, the Massachusetts Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency. The program was extended to all New England states earlier
this year. . ." Visit
http://ens.lycos.com/ens/may2000/2000L-05-26-09.html for the complete
story.
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http://www.packard.org/index.cgi?page=cargill
SF Bay Salt Pond Acquisition
On Wednesday, May 29, 2002, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Governor Gray
Davis, and Assistant Secretary of the Interior Craig Manson announced
the acquisition of 16,500 acres of salt ponds from Cargill
Corporation. Located in South San Francisco Bay, the 25 square mile
site—roughly the size of Manhattan—is one of the biggest wetlands
restoration projects in the West—and an unprecedented public/private
partnership. For more information click on the links at the left.
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http://nc-es.fws.gov/wetland/wetpart.html
State and Federal agencies and non-profit organizations involved in
the conservation of wetlands have created a Partnership that will
improve the effectiveness of efforts to restore the ecology of the
state's streams, wetlands, and riparian areas.
The North Carolina Wetlands Partnership is designed to develop
cooperation and coordination among individuals and organizations
involved with wetland and watershed conservation, and those agencies
responsible for wetland protection.
An agreement was signed during a meeting of the Partners in Raleigh on
September 2, 1998. Founding agencies for this Partnership include the
Natural Resources
Conservation Service, the North Carolina Wetlands Restoration Program,
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A total of 25 state and
Federal agencies and conservation organizations have signed the
Memorandum of Understanding.
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http://www.aswm.org/wbn/archive/03/030323a.htm
An op-ed in March 12 New York Times by the Secretaries of the Interior
and Agriculture.
There's More Than One Way to Protect Wetlands
By GALE NORTON and ANN VENEMAN
WASHINGTON — Every year, the federal government and Americans across
the country preserve, restore and enhance thousands of acres of
wetlands through cooperative conservation efforts, partnerships and
voluntary programs. Unfortunately, that's not the news that most
Americans read about. Instead, the focus has been on the wetlands
regulatory program.
These figures also do not take into account the expansion in citizen
stewardship and cooperative conservation programs under the Bush
administration. These efforts accelerate wetland protection through
private-federal collaboration. For example, under the Interior
Department's Partners for Fish and Wildlife program, landowners
restored 48,800 wetland acres in 2001 and 65,000 acres in 2002.
President Bush wants to build on these efforts. The president's 2004
budget includes a $9 million increase for the partners program and
adds $25.5 million to the refuge operating budget. The Agriculture
Department budget calls for a 72 percent increase in financing for
wetland conservation efforts on farms.
Last May, the president signed a farm bill that expanded the
Agriculture Department's Wetlands Reserve Program. Through this
initiative, which encourages farmers to rehabilitate wetlands and
control agricultural runoff, we will be able to restore 1.25 million
acres of wetlands — a land area roughly the size of Delaware — over
the next five years. This acreage will supplement the roughly 1.28
million acres already enrolled in the program.
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ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR WETLANDS AND WATERSHEDS
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http://www.aswm.org/
Association of State Wetland Managers
The Association of State Wetland Managers is a nonprofit membership
organization established in 1983 to promote and enhance protection and
management of wetland resources, to promote application of sound
science to wetland management efforts and to provide training and
education for our members and the public. Membership is open to anyone
who is involved with wetland resources.
http://www.aswm.org/wetlands/wetlandsnewslink/current.htm
Wetlands NewsLink
A Compilation of Wetland & Migratory Bird News from Around the World
Supported by the Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc,
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
***** See the current and archived issues for reports on international
wetlands management issues.
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http://www.wetlandshelp-line.com/
MainStream Environmental Consulting Pty Ltd,
MainStream Environmental Consulting can provide you with expert advice
on a wide range of wetland management issues. This is based on 15
years of working on wetland issues and experience in nearly 40
countries.
***** This is an Australian consulting company that has compiled a lot
of information about wetlands management projects.
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http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/
US Environmental Protection Agency -- Wetlands
The enduring mission of the program is to encourage and enable others
to act effectively in protecting and restoring the nation's wetlands
and associated ecosystems, including shallow open waters and
free-flowing streams. In doing so, the program engages in two
principal categories of activities -- establishing national standards
and assisting others to meet them.
http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/restore/update/
US Environmental Protection Agency
River Corridor and Wetland Restoration
Restoration Bi-Weekly Update
***** Each update issues provides information on a variety of
restoration projects, many of which are public-private partnership
programs.
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http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/Brochures/Wetlands.html
Wetlands: A Key Link in Watershed Management
A Guide for Watershed Partnerships
This guide is one of a series of guides for people who want to
organize a local partnership to protect their watershed. The series is
designed to provide guidance for going through the process of building
a voluntary partnership, developing a watershed management plan and
implementing that plan.
***** This is an excellent online brochure that outlines the
importance of watershed restoration and management and provides
guidelines on how to get started.
http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/KYW/nwn/nwn.html
The National Watershed Network is a registry of locally led watershed
partnerships working to meet local goals through voluntary actions.
Active watershed partnerships in your watershed. Search the registry
by providing your state, county or watershed name. Point and click by
using the interactive map. Or, identify someone who has already faced
a similar issue by using the issue/concern search:
State, County, Watershed Keyword Search
Clickable Map Search
Issue/Concern Search
***** This site provides links to hundreds of watershed management
projects and lists all the stakeholders/partners in each.
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http://www.coastalamerica.gov/text/cwrpfaq.html
The National Corporate Wetlands Restoration Partnership (CWRP) is a
voluntary public-private partnership to restore degraded freshwater
and saltwater wetlands and other aquatic habitats in the U.S.
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http://www.ihe.nl/vmp/articles/News/NEW-gdln_opening_2.html
Meeting the Challenge of Water - World Bank Institute and UNESCO-IHE
Cooperate Through GDLN
April 23, 2003. A new multilateral institution focusing on water
resources management became the newest member of the Global
Development Learning Network this month and embarked on a new program
of knowledge sharing for countries linked through GDLN.
Programs under development include Integrated River Basin Management;
Wetlands Management; Public Private Partnerships; Water Law and
Institutions; Drinking Water Distribution Systems; Groundwater
Modeling; Flood Management; River Engineering; Natural Treatment of
Urban Wastewater; Cleaner Production Technologies. Dutch Ministry
personnel who work on these subjects will contribute to the
development of the modules and will act as resources in some of the
GDLN events.
http://www.ihe.nl/vmp/articles/News/NEW-refsem2003.html
Refresher Seminars 2003 Cover Floods, Infrastructure, River Basins,
Wetlands and Waste Management
08 August 2003. The Refresher Seminars for 2003 cover a range of water
and environment issues of direct relevance to their venues in Ghana,
South Africa, Egypt, China and Nepal, for UNESCO-IHE Alumni and sector
professionals.
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http://www.wwf.org.hk/eng/pdf/conservation/wetland/background.pdf
Wetlands in Hong Kong
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http://www.saciwaters.org/links_global.htm
South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies
(SaciWATERs) is an Consortium comprising of senior scholars based in
academic institutions and NGOs in the different South Asian countries
(Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka).
The consortium will govern a 'virtual water resources academy' for
capacity building in order to make water management contribute to food
and livelihood security of the disadvantaged communities of South
Asia.
**** Global Water Links for very extensive collection of links.
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http://www.worldwatercouncil.org/about.shtml
The World Water Council is the International Water Policy Think Tank
dedicated to strengthening the world water movement for an improved
management of the world's water resources.
The missions of the World Water Council are to promote awareness and
build political commitment on critical water issues at all levels,
including the highest decision-making level, to facilitate the
efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management
and use of water in all its dimensions on an environmentally
sustainable basis for the benefit of all life on earth.
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http://www.ramsar.org/
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
The Convention on Wetlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 1971, is an
intergovernmental treaty which provides the framework for national
action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use
of wetlands and their resources. There are presently 138 Contracting
Parties to the Convention, with 1308 wetland sites, totaling 110
million hectares, designated for inclusion in the Ramsar List of
Wetlands of International Importance.
***** This is a major resource site for international perspectives on
wetlands protection, management and restoration.
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http://www.cmc.sandia.gov/sasia/Internat.htm
Cooperative Environmental Monitoring in South Asia
***** See list of international resources
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