Sustainable Natural Ecosystems
Initiative Themes
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- Healthy rangelands, forests and working landscapes
- Fighting Fire – Resilient forests and fire-safe urban areas
- Protecting where we live. Healthy landscapes and urban forests
- Enhancing our water supply
Public Value: The SNE SI helps California and Californians by building our state economy, helping protect our natural resources, and by building capacity of our people and communities.
Our Strategic Initiatives help unify, communicate and advocate for the work we do.
Grand Challenges
The SNE SI panel support this work by bringing a broad spectrum of expertise and practice and helps identify key emerging issues including:
- Fire
- Land use policy
- Protecting water supplies - quality and quantity
- Climate change
- (Biodiversity)
Impact
See UC Delivers for examples of impact in HFC.
UC ANR members can share the impact of their work - it's easy. Click here to find out how.
Funding
See funding opportunities listed with UC ANR Contracts & Grants
See Opportunity & Matching grants (small grants to help with urgent time-sensitive needs)
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