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Link to Catalog page for Down to Earth: Geographical Information for Sustainable Development in Africa Down to Earth: Geographical Information for Sustainable Development in Africa (2002)
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR)
Committee on the Geographic Foundation for Agenda 21, Committee on Geography, Mapping Science Committee, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for The Drama of the Commons The Drama of the Commons (2002)

Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, Elinor Ostrom, Thomas Dietz, Nives Dolsak, Paul C. Stern, Susan Stonich, and Elke U. Weber, Editors, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes: Studies from India, China, and the United States Growing Populations, Changing Landscapes: Studies from India, China, and the United States (2001)
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Indian National Science Academy, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Link to Catalog page for Climate Change Science:   An Analysis of Some Key Questions Climate Change Science: An Analysis of Some Key Questions (2001)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Committee on the Science of Climate Change, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences (2001)
National Research Council (NRC)
Committee on Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences, Oversight Commission for the Committee on Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences

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Link to Catalog page for Information Systems and the Environment Information Systems and the Environment (2001)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Edited by Deanna J. Richards, Braden R. Allenby and W. Dale Compton, National Academy of Engineering

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Link to Catalog page for Under the Weather:  Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease Under the Weather: Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease (2001)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Committee on Climate, Ecosystems, Infectious Diseases, and Human Health, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Beyond Six Billion:  Forecasting the World's Population Beyond Six Billion: Forecasting the World's Population (2000)

John Bongaarts and Rodolfo A. Bulatao, Editors; Panel on Population Projections, Committee on Population, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Research Pathways for the Next Decade (1999)
, Policy Division (PD)
Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change and Committee on Global Change Research, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics: Challenges and Opportunities Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics: Challenges and Opportunities (1999)
National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
Committee on Industrial Environmental Performance Metrics, National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Nature and Human Society:  The Quest for a Sustainable World Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World (1997)
National Research Council (NRC)
Peter H. Raven and Tania Williams, Editors; Committee for the Second Forum on Biodiversity, National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Nature's Numbers: Expanding the National Economic Accounts to Include the Environment Nature's Numbers: Expanding the National Economic Accounts to Include the Environment (1999)

William D. Nordhaus and Edward C. Kokkelenberg, Editors; Panel on Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Our Common Journey:  A Transition Toward Sustainability Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability (1999)
Policy Division (PD)
Board on Sustainable Development, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for (NAS Colloquium) Plants and Population: Is There Time? (NAS Colloquium) Plants and Population: Is There Time? (1999)
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Link to Catalog page for New Strategies for America's Watersheds New Strategies for America's Watersheds (1999)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER)
Committee on Watershed Management, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Water for the Future: The West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel, and Jordan Water for the Future: The West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel, and Jordan (1999)
Commission on Life Sciences (CLS)
Committee on Sustainable Water Supplies in the Middle East; Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Palestine Academy for Science and Technology; Royal Scientific Society, Jordan; and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences

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Link to Catalog page for Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions Environmentally Significant Consumption: Research Directions (1997)

Paul C. Stern, Thomas Dietz, Vernon W. Ruttan, Robert H. Socolow, and James L. Sweeney, Editors; Committee on the Human Dimensions of Global Change, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for The Bering Sea Ecosystem The Bering Sea Ecosystem (1996)
Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources (CGER), Polar Research Board (PRB)
Committee on the Bering Sea Ecosystem, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals Linking Science and Technology to Society's Environmental Goals (1996)
Policy Division (PD)
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Link to Catalog page for Population and Land Use in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop Population and Land Use in Developing Countries: Report of a Workshop (1993)

Committee on Population, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics (1993)
Board on Agriculture (BOA)
Committee on Sustainable Agriculture and the Environment in the Humid Tropics, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Saline Agriculture: Salt-Tolerant Plants for Developing Countries Saline Agriculture: Salt-Tolerant Plants for Developing Countries (1990)
Office of International Affairs (OIA)
Report of a Panel of the Board on Science and Technology for International Development, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming (1991)
National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine (SEM)
Policy Implications of Greenhouse Warming--Synthesis Panel, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine

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Link to Catalog page for Global Change and Our Common Future: Papers from a Forum Global Change and Our Common Future: Papers from a Forum (1989)
Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA)
Committee on Global Change, National Research Council

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Link to Catalog page for Biodiversity Biodiversity (1988)
Commission on Life Sciences (CLS)
E.O. Wilson, Harvard University, Editor; National Academy of Sciences/Smithsonian Institution

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