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Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable. Purpose Today. Introduce the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable Present Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Rangelands Briefly Outline Future Plans Panel Discussion with SRR Participants about the Roundtable and Criteria & Indicators.

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Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

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  1. Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable

  2. Purpose Today • Introduce the Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable • Present Criteria and Indicators for Sustainable Rangelands • Briefly Outline Future Plans • Panel Discussion with SRR Participants about the Roundtable and Criteria & Indicators

  3. Sustainability is defined with respect to people.

  4. Sustainable Development “…development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987

  5. Sustainable Rangeland Ecosystems

  6. Sustainable Productive Capacity

  7. Sustainable Communities and Economies

  8. Sustainable Rangelands • Encompasses environmental and social issues, as well as economic activity. • Ensuring human well-being while respecting ecosystem well-being and the environmental limits and capacities.

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

  10. Sustainable Rangelands Roundtable • Open, positive, future-focused • Values and respects all opinions and contributions of participants • The group determines the outcomes • Facilitated and interactive • Uses Delphi process between meetings

  11. New SRR Mission The SRR will promote social, ecological, and economic sustainability of rangelands through the development and widespread use of the criteria and indicators for rangeland assessments, and by providing a forum for dialogue on sustainability of rangelands.

  12. New SRR Vision We envision a future in which: Rangelands in the US provide a desired mix of economic, ecological, and social benefits to current and future generations There are widely accepted and used criteria and indicators for monitoring and assessing the economic, social, and ecological sustainability of rangelands .

  13. Benefits of the Work of SRR • Common framework for monitoring and assessing rangelands. • National, Regional and Local utility • Across agencies • Across land ownership • Expand the understanding of rangeland sustainability. • Status of rangeland systems over time.

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

  15. SRR Time Line • Twelve Meetings: • Four meetings in 2001; five in 2002; three in 2003. • Indicators designated by Oct., 2002. • Identify data sources and needs: May 2002 through 2004. • Report on Rangeland Sustainability Indicators – May 2003. • Http://sustainablerangelands.cnr.colostate.edu

  16. SRR Criteria & Indicators • Criteria and indicators described here represent the current development. • The indicators may be refined as the SRR advances towards a widely accepted set for monitoring and assessing rangeland sustainability.

  17. Conservation and Maintenance of Soil and Water Resources • Soils influence hydrologic processes by providing the medium for the capture, storage, and release of water. • Flow of water through rangelands influences soil physical and biological properties. • In most rangelands, water is extremely limiting. • 10 Indicators

  18. Plant & Animal Resources “reflects the degree to which the integrity of the soil and the ecological processes of rangelands are sustained” Biodiversity .. “variety of life and its processes” which encompasses “the variety of living organisms, the genetic differences among them and the communities and ecosystems in which they occur” 10 Indicators Conservation and Maintenance of Plant and Animal Resources on Rangelands

  19. Maintenance of Productive Capacity on Rangeland Ecosystems • Productive capacity … provide the current generation with a wide variety of goods and services depending on the mix desired by society at any particular time • Maintenance … that future generations will be able to obtain their desired mix... • 6 Indicators

  20. Maintenance and Enhancement of Multiple Economic and Social Benefits to Current and Future Generations • Socio-economic indicators provide a measure of societal values reflecting allocation of scarce economic resources. • Economic indicators complement social measures by assessing changes resulting from adjustments in social, ecological, legal, and political systems. • 28 Indicators

  21. Legal, Institutional, and Economic Framework for Rangeland Conservation and Sustainable Management • Support for sustainability through legal, institutional and economic framework • Capacity to monitor change in sustainable management of rangelands • Capacity in R&D for improving management and delivery of goods and services • 10 Indicators

  22. Future Direction: Five Goals • Continue criteria and indicator development and refinement, including data sets • Coordination • Enhanced outreach • Sustainability research • Funding and support

  23. Continued Criteria and Indicator Development and Refinement • Expand efforts to identify data sets and data set needs for indicators. • Issues related to data sets: • Data base management – content, format , and structure • Definitions of rangeland and forests • Implementation and conversion of existing data sets • Coordination of indicators between roundtables

  24. Coordination • Agreements on roles and responsibilities • Develop & promote assessment capabilities among wide range of users. • Workshop on data sets, sources, gaps, and data quality. • Build coordination with other indicator groups. • Local & regional dialogue with stakeholders • Work with other roundtables

  25. Enhanced SRR Outreach • Develop examples using Criteria and Indicators at different scales • Individual meetings with agency administrators and Congressional staff annually. • Encourage champions

  26. Rangeland Sustainability Research • Research organization have defined program emphasizing SRR criteria and indicators by 2008 • Identify and prioritize SRR research needs • Work with funding groups to implement program changes • Periodic reviews of research needs

  27. A Strategic Course for the Future An ambitious strategy for SRR in 2003 and beyond. A bold course for the SRR to achieve its mission.

  28. Today’s Panel • Stan Hamilton, National Association of State Foresters • Bill Fox, Texas A&M University • Lori Hidinger, Ecological Society of America • Larry Bryant, Forest Service

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