DOINews: Office of Policy Analysis Seminar - Ecosystem Services Frameworks: Protecting the Chesapeake Bay and Providing Carbon Sequestration

Speaker: Dianna Hogan, Research Physical Scientist, USGS Eastern Geographic Science Center

Topic: Ecosystem Services Frameworks: Protecting the Chesapeake Bay and Providing Carbon Sequestration

Date: Monday, September 8, 2014

Time: 12:15 - 1:15 p.m. (Eastern)

Place: Rachel Carson Room, Basement Cafeteria of the Main Interior Building, 1849 C St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240

Webcast: www.doi.gov/events

Chesapeake Bay and Great Dismal Swamp (USFWS Photos)

In Montgomery County, Maryland, officials had to decide how to plan urban growth while protecting the Chesapeake Bay. At the Great Dismal Swamp in southeastern Virginia, refuge managers wanted to enhance the potential for carbon sequestration while understanding and balancing the needs of wildlife and visitors. In both cases, taking into account the goods and services provided by ecosystems was key to determining how to proceed. The use of an ecosystem services framework in decision making can be an effective approach for balancing diverse and often competing objectives. Please join Interior's Office of Policy Analysis on September 8 for its monthly speaker series, which will feature Dianna Hogan from the USGS Eastern Geographic Science Center, for a discussion of the barriers, challenges, and opportunities to using an ecosystem services framework in decision making.

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For additional information about this event, please contact Tamera Bassford at: tamera_bassford@ios.doi.gov