NEON : addressing the nation's environmental challenges / Committee on the National Ecological Observatory Network, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the National Ecological Observatory Network.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental monitoring--Research--United States.

Environmental monitoring.

Environmental auditing--Research--United States.

Environmental auditing.

Environmental impact analysis--Research--United States.

Environmental impact analysis.

Environmental laboratories--United States.

Environmental laboratories.

Environmental policy--United States.

Environmental policy.

United States--Environmental conditions--Research.

United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 131 p. : ill., maps (some color)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Addressing the nation's environmental challenges

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book endorses the National Science Foundation's concept of the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) for providing a nationwide network of facilities and infrastructure for ecological and environmental research that is impossible with existing infrastructure. The committee identified six grand challenges in environmental biology - biodiversity, biogeochemical cycles, climate change, ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, invasive species and land and habitat use -- that deserves high priority for research and needs to be addressed on a regional or continental scale. However, the book says that NEON needs a refined focus and a more detailed plan for its implementation to ensure the maximization of its contribution to science and to better fit within the purview of Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction funding.

Contents:

FrontMatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

1 The National Ecological Observatory Network

2 Environmental Issues of National Importance and the Role of the National Ecological Observatory Network

3 Concept and Implementation of the National Ecological Observatory Network

4 Effect of the National Ecological Observatory Network on the Scientific Community, Education, and Public Outreach

5 A Synthesis of Early Concepts of the National Ecological Observatory Network and a New Vision

6 Findings and Recommendations

References

Appendixes

Appendix A Committee on the National Ecological Observatory Network Biographical Sketches

Appendix B National Research Council Workshop on the National Ecological Observatory Network

Appendix C Federal Agencies and Professional Societies that Voiced their Support for the National Ecological Observatory Network through the National Research Council Workshop and Web Forum

Color Plates.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610179350

9780309166942

0309166942

9781280179358

128017935X

9780309527538

0309527538

OCLC:

54487333