The Southern Global change program: Integrating ecological and socioeconomic research into regional assessments
- USDA Forest Service, Raleigh, NC (United States)
The U.S. Global Change Research Program was established in 1989 with the goal of providing the scientific basis for informed decision making. The major activities of the program are to document global change, improve our understanding of key processes, and to develop predictive models. The Forest Service Southern Global Change Program focuses on predicting the impacts of global change on sustainable forest ecosystems. Hierarchial research is being conducted in four southern forest ecosystems: pine; hardwood; spruce-fir; and forested wetlands. Models are being used to identify knowledge gaps, integrate and interpret data, and to make predictions. Biological information is incorporated into analysis of socioeconomic impacts of global change on human populations. The SGCP will synthesize its ecological and socioeconomic research to develop assessments for science and policy perspectives. A program framework for the first 5 years and the future is described.
- OSTI ID:
- 107096
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9507129-; ISSN 0012-9623; TRN: 95:006512-0012
- Journal Information:
- Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, Vol. 76, Issue 3; Conference: 80. anniversary of the transdisciplinary nature of ecology, Snowbird, UT (United States), 30 Jul - 3 Aug 1995; Other Information: PBD: Sep 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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