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www.fs.fed.us |
USDA's Forest Service Research and Development. US Forest Service Climate Change Research Portal. Research on climate change impacts; the adaptation actions needed to increase resilience of forests and ranges to the impacts; the potential of forests to mitigate atmospheric greenhouse gas, etc... |
www.fs.fed.us |
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service research and development (R&D) works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands. |
ncseonline.org |
National Commission on Science for Sustainable Forestry, part of National Council for Science and the Environment. Lists four major Research Program Areas. |
research.yale.edu |
Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry's mission is to integrate, strengthen and direct the School's forestry research, education and outreach to address the challenges of sustaining forests in the 21st century and a globalized world. At the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. |
www.fs.fed.us |
U.S Forest Service Research & Development- 'arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Forest Service works at the forefront of science to improve the health and use of our Nation's forests and grasslands.' |
www.cifor.cgiar.org |
CIFOR- Center for International Forestry Research-advances human well-being, environmental conservation, and equity by conducting research to inform policies and practices that affect forests in developing countries.. |
harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu |
Harvard Forest, one of the oldest and most intensively studied forests in North America. Research and Education in Ecology, Conservation and Forest Biology- scientists, students, and collaborators at the Forest explore topics ranging from conservation and environmental change to land-use history and the ways in which physical, biological and human systems interact to change our earth. |
www.ctfs.si.edu |
Center for Tropical Forest Science is a global network of forest research plots committed to the study of tropical and temperate forest function and diversity. Smithsonian Institution. See Rainforest page for more... |
| "Half the world's tropical and temperate forests are now gone." Gus Speth www.guardian.co.uk |
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