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The National Academies' Federal Sustainability Research and Development Forum

The Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability held a workshop ("forum") on October 17-18, 2007. Forum participants discussed research gaps, needed analytical tools, and opportunities for collaboration among federal research and development programs focused on selected high priority challenges to sustainability in the areas of biofuels and ecosystem services.

Agenda

Transitioning to Sustainability through Research and Development on Ecosystem Services and Biofuels(PDF,41 KB)

Presentations

Framework for Sustainability Research and Development (192 KB)

Ecosystem Services: Sustainability Research and Development
Ecosystem Services: Challenges and Opportunities (772 KB)
Integrated Landscape Monitoring: Prairie Pilot (5.8 MB)
Willamette-Ecosystem Services Project (2.1 MB)
Long Term Agroecosystem Research, Education and Extension (70 KB)
Implementing an Ecosystem Approach to NOAA's Sustainability Mandates (3.2 MB)
SERVIR: A Platform for the Support of Regional Ecosystem Services for Sustainability (4.5 MB)
CNH: Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (285 KB)

Biofuels: Sustainability Research and Development
Biofuels: Challenges & Opportunities to Sustainability (2.7 MB)
20 in 10 Summary (218 KB)
REAP: Renewable Energy Assessment Project (708 KB)
USGS Research on Biofuels Sustainability (847 KB)
Future Midwestern Landscapes (391 KB)
Bioenergy from Forests- Moving Science to Practice Issues of Sustainability (3.4 MB)
Sustainability and Biofuels Production: A DOE Perspective (367 KB)