ERS
and Farm Foundation Announce the
2007 PREISM Workshop |
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October 18-19,
2007
Waugh Auditorium
Economic Research Service,
USDA
1800 M Street NW Washington,
DC (Directions)
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ERS's
Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species
Management (PREISM),
an annual competitive grant and cooperative agreement
program that focuses on national decisionmaking concerning
agricultural invasive species, held its 2007 workshop
on October 18-19, at ERS.
The
workshop brought together researchers, program administrators,
policymakers, and other stakeholders concerned with the
management of invasive species. The keynote speaker
was Dr.
David Lodge, Professor at the University
of Notre Dame and Director of the Center for Aquatic
Conservation. Another featured speaker was Dr.
Mark Sagoff, Senior Research Scholar and Acting Director,
Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, University
of Maryland.
Farm Foundation has posted
the conference presentations on their website.
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