Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades

Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades

The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309259224
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309259231
  • eISBN Epub: 9780309259255
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 2013
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 261
  • DDC: 577
  • Language: English

Twelve years into the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Project, little progress has been made in restoring the core of the remaining Everglades ecosystem; instead, most project construction so far has occurred along its periphery. To reverse ongoing ecosystem declines, it will be necessary to expedite restoration projects that target the central Everglades, and to improve both the quality and quantity of the water in the ecosystem.

The new Central Everglades Planning Project offers an innovative approach to this challenge, although additional analyses are needed at the interface of water quality and water quantity to maximize restoration benefits within existing legal constraints. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Fourth Biennial Review, 2012 explains the innovative approach to expedite restoration progress and additional rigorous analyses at the interface of water quality and quantity will be essential to maximize restoration benefits.

  • FrontMatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Dedication
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Restoration Plan in Context
  • 3 Implementation Progress
  • 4 Ecosystem Trajectories Affected by Water Quality and Quantity
  • 5 Science and Decision Making
  • References
  • Acronyms
  • Appendix A: National Research Council Everglades Reports
  • Appendix B: Status of Key Non-CERP Projects
  • Appendix C: Timeline of Significant Events in South Florida Ecosystem Management and Restoration
  • Appendix D: Timeline of Significant Legal Actions Related to Water Quality
  • Appendix E: Status of Numerical Nutrient Water Quality Criteria for the State of Florida
  • Appendix F: Water Science and Technology Board; Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
  • Appendix G: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff

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