Protection and Restoration of Ecosystem Services: Linking to Human Dimensions

Promote and improve the conservation and preservation of Great Lakes natural, cultural, aesthetic and social resources by performing integrated and collaborative research that determines such measures as ecological tipping points, encourages sustainability, and helps resource managers and communites determine and develop adaptive management plans.

For more information on this theme, please see the CILER projects previously listed under Integrated Assessment.

Contact Us:

CILER
G110 Dana Building
440 Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041
Phone: (734) 763-3010

Vision and Mission:

CILER's vision is to enhance the quality of the Great Lakes and its related ecosystem services, through a partnership of universities, NOAA scientists, and other stakeholders.

CILER's mission includes: 1) translating research into productive outcomes through outreach and education; 2) facilitating productive interactions between scientists in the Great Lakes basin, with a primary focus on NOAA partnerships; 3) identifying and characterizing emerging areas of concern for the Great Lakes ecosystem, with applications to all coastal ecosystems; 4) providing a forum for better linking ecosystem responses, sustainable ecosystem services, and decision-making, and; 5) advancing our understanding of, and ability to predict, complex ecosystem processes, responses, and dynamics.