{"id":18819,"date":"2022-05-09T17:23:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T17:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=18819"},"modified":"2023-06-08T19:41:43","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T19:41:43","slug":"the-national-nature-assessment-nature-based-solutions-and-natural-capital-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2022\/05\/09\/the-national-nature-assessment-nature-based-solutions-and-natural-capital-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"ESA & the National Nature Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

White House Seeks Comments About the Scope of the National Nature Assessment, ESA Seeks Member Input for Comment<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In April 2022, the Biden administration announced the launch of the first-ever U.S. National Nature Assessment (NNA). Led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, this report will assess the state of the U.S.\u2019s lands, waters and wildlife and the specific benefits that they provide. The assessment will also allow the country to look ahead at how nature might change in the future and identify opportunities for investments in nature to help achieve climate, health, environmental justice and economic goals.<\/p>\n

OSTP needs scientifically sound input from the ecological and biological community to shape the NNA because taking stock and measuring nature within the entire United States has never been done. Led by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, the NNA will assess the state of U.S. \u00a0lands, waters and wildlife and the specific benefits that they provide.<\/p>\n

The White House Office of Science Technology and Policy (OSTP)\u00a0 issued a Request for Information (RFI), which is entitled Framing the National Nature Assessment<\/a> and published in the Federal Register.<\/p>\n

This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity for ecologists to provide input to the US government on how nature, biodiversity and ecosystems will be measured to provide the information needed to manage ecosystems and biodiversity within the United States.<\/p>\n

OSTP requests a limit of 3500 words and\/or seven pages for each RFI submission. The formal deadline to submit comments about shaping the NNA to OSTP<\/a>\u00a0 was March 31, 2023<\/p>\n

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More Information, Resources and Tools<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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NNA Water Cooler Chat (January 9, 2023):<\/strong> ESA past president Dennis Ojima hosted a water cooler chat about the recently announced National Nature Assessment (NNA) and how ESA members and ecologists can participate. View the recording here<\/a><\/strong> and access the accompanying slides here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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NNA Webinar (December 6, 2022):<\/strong> White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Assistant Director for Biodiversity and Conservation Science Dr. Heather Tallis joined a webinar hosted by ESA to introduce members to the assessment and provide information about submitting to the OSTP Request for Information. View the webinar recording with live transcript here<\/a><\/strong> and see Dr. Tallis\u2019s webinar slides here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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