What is a CESU?
The Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network is a national consortium of federal agencies, tribes, academic institutions, state and local governments, nongovernmental conservation organizations, and other partners working together to support informed public trust resource stewardship.
The CESU Network is well positioned as a platform to support research, technical assistance, education and capacity building that is responsive to long-standing and contemporary science and resource management priorities.
Our Mission
The mission of the Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit is to provide research, technical assistance and education across the biological, physical, social and cultural sciences to address natural and cultural resource management issues at multiple scales and in an ecosystem context in California and nationally as appropriate.
Partners
The Californian Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CA-CESU) was established at the University of California, Berkeley in 2003. The CA-CESU is a cooperative network of 14 federal and state agencies and 45 educational institutions and non-governmental organizations in California. The administrative University Host for the CA-CESU is located in the Rausser College of Natural Resources , University of California, Berkeley campus.
Learn more about our partners and view frequently asked questions through our interactive StoryMap. For more information on becoming a partner, click here.