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Chapter: Appendix C: Federal Agencies and Professional Societies the Voiced Their Support for the National Ecological Observatory Network Through the National Research Council Workshop and Web Forum

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Federal Agencies and Professional Societies the Voiced Their Support for the National Ecological Observatory Network Through the National Research Council Workshop and Web Forum." National Research Council. 2004. Neon: Addressing the Nation's Environmental Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10807.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C: Federal Agencies and Professional Societies the Voiced Their Support for the National Ecological Observatory Network Through the National Research Council Workshop and Web Forum." National Research Council. 2004. Neon: Addressing the Nation's Environmental Challenges. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10807.
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APPENDIX C Federal Agencies and Professional Societies that Voiced their S?vpporf for fte National Ecological Obser~vaforyATefwork through fte ATafionaI Research Cocci! Workshop and Web Forum Federal agencies supporting the needfor NEON: National Park Service United States Environmental Protection Agency United States Department of Energy United States Department of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service United States Geological Survey . Professional societies supporting the needfor NEON: American Institute of Biological Sciences American Society of Mammologists American Society of Parasitologists Association of Ecosystem Research Centers Ecological Society of America H. John Heinz Center for Science Economics and the Environment 107

NEON: ADDRESSING THE NATION'S ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES National Museum of Natural History Natural Science Collections Alliance Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Society of Hematologists 108

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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.

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