ANNOUNCING the RELEASE of the
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME’S (UNEP) PUBLICATION
Dead Planet, Living Planet: Biodiversity & Ecosystem Restoration for Sustainable Development
Edited by Christian Nellemann and Emily Corcoran and distributed as part of the UNEP World Environment Day on June 5, this report confirms that restoration is not only possible but can prove highly profitable in terms of public savings; returns and the broad objectives of overcoming poverty and achieving sustainability. It also provides important recommendations on how to avoid pitfalls and how to minimize risks to ensure successful restoration. The book is part of UNEP’s evolving work on the challenges but also the inordinate opportunities from a transition to a low carbon, resource efficient Green Economy.
We would like to acknowledge our clients Mariner Properties Development, Inc. and Gulfstream Natural Gas System, LLC for having their projects, Little Pine Island Regional Mitigation Bank and Lake Wales Forest Mitigation and Net Ecosystem Benefits respectively, chosen as part of the 36 world wide case studies included in the book.
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Kevin L. Erwin Consulting Ecologist, Inc. (KLECE) offers innovative approaches to address complex environmental issues for a variety of projects and clientele in both the private and public sectors world-wide. The firm was established in 1980 and continues to specialize in developing and applying progressive ecological approaches for our clients . KLECE ecologists will help guide your project from pre-design site evaluation through design, permitting, construction and monitoring.
The firm is internationally recognized for its expertise in natural systems evaluation, restoration and management. KLECE has undertaken hundreds of projects including dozens of wetland and watershed restoration projects, land development projects, and applied research from southwest Florida to southeast Asia. The company’s vast watershed and wetland restoration experience has led to ecological based engineering practices that have been applied to large scale low-impact development design. Additionally, KLECE’s approach to evaluating project sites starting with compiling an ecological history to compare with current conditions has made KLECE’s expertise an integral design component of many award winning large scale projects that balance the growing needs of the developing world with its environment. Many thousands of acres have been designed and constructed under the company’s supervision for both private and public sector projects. In addition, many native wetlands are subject to regular monitoring, research and publication. Since 1974 Kevin Erwin and the firm have evaluated well over one-million acres within the State of Florida alone.
The firm’s depth of global experience provides our client’s with the highest level of confidence when making their decisions. Our list of clients over the past 30 years includes many distinguished names including The MacArthur Foundation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Westinghouse, The Nature Conservancy, Mariner Properties Development, Inc., Ducks Unlimited Canada, Florida Board of Regents, Collier Enterprises and the Barron Collier Company, MLG, National Audubon Society, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, A. Duda and Sons, Sedway Cooke, South Florida Water Management District, Canadian Wildlife Service, KWA Planners, Taylor Woodrow, IUCN, Organized Fisherman of Florida, New York Zoological Society, Wildlife Conservation Society, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ramsar, Danone, Lutheran Life Communities, Agrico, the Miccosukkee and Seminole Indian Tribes of Florida, St. John’s River Water Management District, The Williams Company, Florida Institute of Phosphate Research, Florida Departments of Natural Resources, Environmental Regulation, Environmental Protection, and Community Affairs, the majority of Florida’s Counties, and many national governments around the world.
Kevin Erwin is the President and Principal Ecologist of KLECE which is comprised of ecologists, a CAD/GIS department and support personnel. All of our ecologists are certified by the Ecological Society of America, and have had specialized training in habitat evaluation, wetland restoration, permitting and methods of land management. Our ecologists maintain memberships in societies including, but not limited to, The Ecological Society of America, The Society of Wetland Scientists, Society of Ecological Restoration and The Society for Conservation Biology.
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