Report on National Biological Survey

[Robert Robbins]

The National Research Council report on the National Biological
Survey is now available.  A description of the report and
instructions for obtaining a copy follow.

This notice is posted as a public service.

Disclosure: I served as a member of the committee that drafted the
report but I have no financial interest in the sales of the report.


               A BIOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE NATION

  Committee on the Formation of the National Biological Survey
                    National Research Council


   Our country has long recognized the importance of its
biological resources.  Yet we often lack sufficient scientific
knowledge to make wise decisions about them.  This realization
has led to calls for new ways of providing this information,
including the formation of a national biological survey.  This
volume discusses key issues and problems for which an improved
assessment of the nation's biological resources is needed; the
kinds of efforts in research and information management required
to create that assessment; and how government, private
organizations, and individuals can work together to meet the
needs identified.  Policymakers, resource managers, public
interest groups, and researchers will find this book useful as
they participate in the national dialogue on this topic and take
actions to implement the survey activities.

 ISBN 0-309-04984-0; 1993, 174 pages, 6 x 9, paperbound, $26.00


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