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Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable. Purpose Today. Introduce the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable Introduce the Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Rangelands Provide Future Plans of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable. Rangelands. 42% of continental U.S.

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Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

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  1. Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

  2. Purpose Today • Introduce the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable • Introduce the Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Rangelands • Provide Future Plans of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

  3. Rangelands • 42% of continental U.S. • 587 million acres non- federal • Forest Service – 75 million acres • BLM – 155 million acres • Concern about the condition of natural resources in the 20th century. • Adoption of the concept of sustainability as appropriate analysis paradigm.

  4. Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable A stakeholders process for identifying a set of criteria and indicators (C&I) for assessing sustainability of rangelands. The C&I describe individual elements to assess and determine trends in resource conditions, management, economic benefits, and social values derived from rangelands.

  5. Benefits of the Work of SRR • Provide a common framework for monitoring and assessing progress towards sustainable rangeland management. • Expand the understanding of rangelands sustainability. • Enhance quality of debate about rangeland management issues.

  6. Benefits of the Work of SRR • Improved efficiencies: • Directing monitoring efforts • Development of common data collection techniques • Focusing research on developing methods to measure indicators

  7. Benefits of the Work of SRR • Improve accountability to rangeland stakeholders and Congress: • Multi-level, coordinated data reporting • Assess compliance with applicable laws • Facilitate interagency coordination • Facilitating planning and funding priorities • Improve rangeland management to meet social, economic and ecological goals

  8. Sustainable Development Brundtland Commission (WCED) – 1987 “… development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

  9. Sustainable Development • Encompasses environmental and social issues, as well as economic activity. • Ensuring human well-being while respecting ecosystem well-being and the earth’s environmental limits and capacities.

  10. International Background • Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, 1992 • Plan for achieving sustainable development in the 21st century. • 1993 – International seminar on sustainable development of boreal and temperate forest in Montreal. (Montreal Process) • 1995 Santiago Declaration – 7 Criteria and 67 Indicators – temperate and boreal forests. • 2002 Earth Summit in South Africa.

  11. U. S. Background • Roundtable on Sustainable Forests (1998) • Sustainable Minerals Roundtable (1999) • 1999 – First meeting on Sustainable Rangelands • 2001 – First meeting of the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

  12. Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable • Identify criteria and indicators for Sustainable Rangelands. • Indicators are suitable for national reporting. • Gain from other efforts: • Roundtable on Sustainable Forests • Sustainable Minerals Roundtable • Heinz, EPA, TNC, NRI, SDIC, others

  13. Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable • The group determines the outcomes. • Open, Positive, Future Focused • Dynamic • Values and respects all opinions and contributions of members.

  14. SRR Time Line • Twelve Meetings: • Four meetings in 2001; five in 2002; three in 2003. • Indicators completed by Oct., 2002. • Identify and compile data sources: May 2002 through March 2003. • Report on Rangeland Sustainability Indicators – May 2003.

  15. SRR Meeting Sites, 2001 to 2003 j D D j j j j j j D j D j j j j D j j j 2001 2002 2003 Workshops and Forums

  16. SRR Success • Time and effort of all individuals and organizations participating. • Participating groups • Federal, state and local agencies • Representatives from 16 universities • Non-governmental groups & organizations • Over 100 members of SRR

  17. Products of SRR • Symposium and Proceedings at the Feb. 2002 SRM Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO • Workshop ESA Meeting in Tucson, AZ in August 2002 • Symposium/Workshop on Indicators at Feb. 2003 SRM Annual Meeting in Casper, Wyoming • Report on Sustainable Rangelands in Spring, 2003

  18. Today’s Remarks • Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Rangelands – Dr. David Pyke • Break • Start of Full SRR Meeting • Status of Criterion Groups

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