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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 1962. Renewable Resources: A Report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18451.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 1962. Renewable Resources: A Report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18451.
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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council. 1962. Renewable Resources: A Report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18451.
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This is one of seven special reports supporting a research study of natural resources conducted by the National Academy of Sciences—National Re- search Council at the request of the President of the United States. Each of these seven supporting documents was prepared under the supervision of a member of the Academy-Research Council Committee on Natural Resources, who called upon the expert advice of a number of consultants to assist in identifying the research needs and opportunities relating to the particular resource area or problem under consideration. The seven reports of supporting studies are as follows: A. Renewable Resources B. Water Resources C. Mineral Resources D. Energy Resources E. Marine Resources F. Environmental Resources G. Social and Economic Aspects of Natural Resources The general conclusions and recommendations of the Committee as a whole are presented in a summary report which has been forwarded to President Kennedy, together with the supporting studies. The grateful thanks of the Committee on Natural Resources and of the Federal Government, for which these special reports were prepared, are due those whose experience and ideas are reflected in this report. Committee on Natural Resources DETLEV W. BRONK The Rockefeller Institute DEAN F. FRASCHE Union Carbide Ore Company EDWIN R. GILLILAND Massachusetts Institute of Technology M. KING HUBBERT Shell Development Company PHILIP M. MORSE Massachusetts Institute of Technology FRANK W. NOTESTEIN Population Council, New York City December, SUMNER T. PIKE Lubec, Maine ROGER REVELLE Department of the Interior ATHELSTAN SPILHAUS University of Minnesota PAUL WEISS The Rockefeller Institute GILBERT F. WHITE University of Chicago ABEL WOLMAN Johns Hopkins University 1962

RENEWABLE RESOURCES A Report to the Committee on Natural Resources of the National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council by PAUL WEISS Chairman of the Renewable Resources Study Publication 1OOO-A National Academy of Sciences—National Research Council Washington, D. C. 1962 I

Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 63-60008 Requests for permission to reproduce or quote from the contents of this publication should be directed to the National Academy of Sciences. Such permission is not required of agencies of the United States Government.

CONTENTS Page SUMMARY OF CONCLUSIONS 1 WOODS HOLE CONFERENCE ON RENEWABLE RESOURCES 19 Appendixes: 1. Research Problems and Needs 107 2. Supplemental Statements 116 3. Selected References 126

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The area of concern of the study on renewable natural resources was the total range of living organisms providing man with food, fibers, drugs, etc., for his needs, but also including hazards to his health and welfare. Renewable Resources declares no detailed problem bearing on renewable natural resources seems at present in critical need of remedial program research, and the detection and accommodation of future specific research needs should be made the concern of a separate agency to keep the field under continuous surveillance.

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