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Institute for Resilient Organizations, Communities, and Environments (IROCE): Recent submissions
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)Working forest and range lands are rapidly changing as exurban growth, economic trends, and environmental impacts associated with climate change challenge traditional livelihoods derived from the production of farm, ranch, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires have lasting socioeconomic effects on communities located near the fires. Wildfires can unite and divide communities over fire management and recovery, and magnify or create inequities. . . . The purpose ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)Forest restoration is a priority for the U.S. Forest Service, but many have argued that the agency is constrained in meeting restoration objectives by its budget structure. In 2012, Congress approved on a pilot basis the ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2015)Wood-based biomass energy plays key roles in Oregon’s wood products economy and in the state’s commitment to renewable energy. The state has developed numerous policies and programs to support biomass energy harvesting, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)Fire-adapted communities are those that can effectively reduce risk to private property through community actions while allowing wildfire to play a regenerative role in the local ecosystem. However, little is known about ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)Large wildfires are increasingly common in the American West. The federal government is responsible for the majority of suppression costs, and has a significant interest in policies that can improve resilience at the ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2014)Utilizing woody biomass from public lands may help reduce agency costs, enhance community wildfire protection, and create employment and economic activity. Yet communities adjacent to public land often lack the business ...
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(University of Oregon, 2012-05)This file contains the semi-structured interview protocols used to guide qualitative interviews associated with the research project “Community-based organizations, social networks, and conservation: strategies for rural ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)For more than two decades, advocates have been developing programs to certify products as coming from well-managed lands. However, participation in certification programs is fairly low among landowners in at least some ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)Conservation easements provide a way to permanently commit private land to uses that support ecosystem health. In recent years, both the number of land trusts and the amount of land put into easements has increased ...
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The money doesn't deliver itself : the importance of intermediaries in ecosystem services programs (Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2013)Payments for ecosystem services (PES) and conservation programs that compensate landowners improve the resilience of working lands by creating markets for services such as clean air and water, carbon sequestration, and ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Large wildfires disrupt the lives of families, workers, and employers. However, fire suppression and recovery efforts may provide economic opportunities. Understanding the impacts of large fires can help fire managers, ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Natural resource-based economic development in public lands communities requires robust businesses, a supportive policy environment, and institutions to create local benefits from land management. The United States ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Community-based organizations (CBOs) in Oregon are fostering natural resource management and economic development, particularly in public lands communities where the capacity of federal agencies, businesses, and others ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The Dry Forest Zone (DFZ) project is a five-year collaborative effort to foster an integrated approach to forest stewardship and economic development in eastern Oregon and northern California. The DFZ project invests in ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The federal government is the largest landowner in many western communities. It can contribute to local socioeconomic vitality by providing opportunities for businesses and partners to perform land management activities ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)Utilizing woody biomass from hazardous fuels reduction projects may make forest restoration more cost effective while creating local economic benefits. However, there is a lack of evidence about how projects can be ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The USDA Forest Service needs performance measures to track the social and economic outcomes of its investments. But there are inherent challenges to developing, adapting, and using new measures in the Forest Service’s ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)In 2010, USDA Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell stated that “building a forest restoration economy will create new jobs in rural communities and help diversify the forest products industry to support the sustainability ...
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(Ecosystem Workforce Program, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, University of Oregon, 2012)The USDA Forest Service has emphasized how forest and watershed restoration can support jobs and economic development. However, the Forest Service currently has few performance measures to track the socioeconomic outcomes ...
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