Phase 1 Inventory of Current EPA Efforts to Protect Ecosystems

摘要

This Inventory includes summaries of projects that involve EPA and its partnersin place-based management and ecosystem protection--an approach intended to integrate environmental management with human needs, consider long-term ecosystem health, and highlight the positive correlations between economic prosperity and environmental well-being. The purpose of the document is to let readers throughout EPA and outside the Agency know of the increasing amount and variety of ecologically oriented activities in which EPA is participating and the many places at which these activities are occurring. The Inventory covers ongoing projects and was compiled from submittals by Regions, Headquarters Program Offices, and EPA Laboratories.