These data are required to underpin needs identified by both researchers and practitioners alike concerning the ecological mitigation of hillslope instability (Stokes et al. 2014).
Therefore, linking ecohydrological processes (e.g., evapotranspiration, streamflow, groundwater recharge) to ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration, water quality improvement, biodiversity conservation, heat island mitigation) is critical to the advancement of ecological science and ecosystem restoration at multiple scales, from a single species to the entire globe.
Indeed, in less understood habitats such as the Grand Canyon, attempts at restoration are proving to be a powerful test of the accuracy of ecological theory.The first mitigation banks appeared at the start of the 1990s, as a result of regulations drawn up by the country's Environmental Protection Agency for the granting of permits for the removal of wetlands.
We focus on the effects of air quality; however a full assessment of the complete ancillary consequences would consider other factors such as the cost of mitigation measures and ecological impacts.
Crucially, an absence of comprehensive empirical baseline biodiversity data, or data comprising additional ecological parameters such as ecosystem functions and services, prohibits quantification of absolute and relative magnitudes of ecological impacts due to coastal structures or effectiveness of mitigation interventions.
We may have undertaken the most important piece of ecological research or survey work, or produced some of the most innovative mitigation measures for development schemes, but if this is not conveyed clearly, or the report is badly written or laid out, then this is what the client will remember.
Improved understanding of ecological risk associated with Arctic shipping would help advance effective oil spill prevention, control, and mitigation strategies.
UBA recommends the introduction of special risk mitigation measures: Prerequisite for the use of PPPs with a high risk of indirect effects on biodiversity should be the existence of ecological compensation areas where PPPs are not applied at farm level.
Among the major challenges that coastal scientists face are the quantification of impacts of natural and anthropogenic stressors on coastal communities (both societal and ecological), determination of the causes and responsible mitigation of such impacts, and the development of sound restoration strategies to rehabilitate ecological communities.
This evidence of ecological living was impressive.
