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- ReVA Program: A research
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Overall Goal
The goal of ReVA is to develop and demonstrate an approach to comprehensive, regional-scale assessment that effectively informs decision-makers as to the magnitude, extent, distribution, and uncertainty of current and anticipated environmental vulnerabilities.ReVA's strategic goal is to
- identify ecosystems within the region that are most vulnerable to being lost or harmed in the next 5 to 25 years, and
- determine which stressors are likely to pose the greatest risks.
The goal of ReVA is not to produce exact predictions: but rather, it is to be an early warning system for identifying environmental changes we can expect over the next few decades. As such, ReVA represents a new risk paradigm for EPA. The ReVA program will require innovative approaches to combine existing knowledge, focus new research, and synthesize many types of information into a meaningful assessment capable of informing environmental decision-makers about future environmental risks.
Objectives
ReVA's objectives are the sequential steps needed to achieve the goal:- Provide regional-scale, spatially explicit information on the extent and distribution of stressors and sensitive resources.
- Develop and evaluate techniques to integrate information on exposure and effects so that decision makers can better assess relative risk and prioritize management actions.
- Predict potential consequences of environmental changes under alternative future scenarios.
- Effectively communicate economic and quality of life trade-offs associated with alternative environmental policies.
- Develop techniques to prioritize areas for ecological restoration.
- Identify information gaps and recommend actions to improve monitoring and focus research.