Mission of the Ecosystem Management Initiative

Promoting sustainable natural resource management through ecosystem-based teaching, research, and outreach.

Dr. Steven Yaffee
EMI Director
School of Natural Resources and Environment

The Ecosystem Management Initiative is housed in the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Contact us for more information.

EMI's Current Core Activities

Faculty, staff, and affiliates at EMI advance research, training, and outreach in ecosystem management through a series of interconnected strategies. The major activities and projects currently underway at EMI include:

• Research and training in collaboration and negotiation, including a recent partnership with the USDA Forest Service to develop a collaboration and partnership resource website that includes case studies highlighting collaborative ecosystem-management efforts and lessons learned from a broad set of partnerships. The website: Learning from Experience: A National Resource for Collaboration and Partnerships will continue to grow as new cases are added over time.
• Research and training in evaluation and adaptive management, including written evaluation tools and an interactive web-based guide to evaluation that users can use to develop evaluation and adaptive management plans for their projects and organizations.
• Mid-career training opportunities in collaboration/negotiation and evaluation/adaptive management. These courses have ranged from one day trainings, to week long workshops, to more long-term facilitated planning processes.

How is the University of Michigan's School of Nautral Resourcse and the Environment addressing Ecosystem Management?

The School of Natural Resources and the Environment promotes ecosystem management research, training, and outreach through a series of interconnected strategies.

What's New at EMI

Recent updates and the latest news on the faculty and staff, happenings, and programs of the Ecosystem Management Initiative.

Financial Support for EMI

The Ecosystem Management Initiative is funded through a combination of program grants and contributions from individual donors . For more information about supporting the EMI or its programs, please contact Steve Yaffee ([email protected], 734.615.6431).