South Florida ecosystem : some restoration progress has been made, but the effort faces significant delays, implementation challenges, and rising costs : testimony before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights, Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate / statement of Anu K. Mittal.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

Mittal, Anu K.

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations

Series:

Testimony

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program--Evaluation.

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Program.

South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force (U.S.).

Restoration ecology--Florida, South.

Restoration ecology.

Applied ecology--Florida, South.

Applied ecology.

Evaluation.

South Florida.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (19 pages)

Other Title:

Some restoration progress has been made, but the effort faces significant delays, implementation challenges, and rising costs

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2007]

Summary:

The South Florida ecosystem covers about 18,000 square miles, and is home to the Everglades, one of the world's unique environmental resources. Historic efforts to redirect the flow of water through the ecosystem have jeopardized its health and reduced the Everglades to about half of its original size. In 1993, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's World Heritage Committee (WHC) added Everglades National Park (Park) to its List of World Heritage in Danger sites. In 2000, a strategy to restore the ecosystem was set; the effort was expected to take at least 40 years and cost $15.4 billion. It comprises 222 projects, including 60 key projects known as the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), to be undertaken by a multiagency partnership. This testimony is based on GAO's May 2007 report, South Florida Ecosystem: Restoration Is Moving Forward, but Is Facing Significant Delays, Implementation Challenges, and Rising Costs, and a review of WHC decision documents relating to the Park's listing. This statement addresses the (1) status of projects implemented (2) status of projects key to improving the health of the Park, (3) project sequencing factors, and (4) funding provided for the effort and extent to which costs have increased ...

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed August 6, 2007).

"For release on delivery ... Wednesday, September 19, 2007."

Paper version available from: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

Includes bibliographical references.

"1250T."

OCLC:

173257137