Recommendations for Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking, 2000 NCSE

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R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f o r
Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking
A Report from the first National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment

December 7-8, 2000
National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
PURPOSE AND GOALS
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDATIONS: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health; Environmental Implications of Biotechnology; Environmental Indicators; Federal Government Structure; Global Environmental Change; Human Health and the Environment; Higher Education; Information Systems; Invasive Species; Pollution Prevention/Waste Management; Population and the Environment; Public Education; Sustainable Communities; Sustainable Resource Management
APPENDICES: Appendix 1: Conference Agenda; Appendix 2: Breakout Sessions; Appendix 3: Acronyms & Abbreviations; Appendix 4: Conference Participants; Appendix 5: Sustainability Science
INDEX [pending]
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Recommendations for Improving the Scientific Basis for Environmental Decisionmaking

See also:: 2000 Chafee Memorial Lecture; Staff Briefing, April 27, 2001; Press Release, April 26, 2001

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