Sustainable Development e-News is a quarterly electronic newsletter for employees and friends of the Forest Service. Comments, suggestions, and questions about Sustainable Development e-News may be directed to Al Abee, Chair, SDIT, at aabee@fs.fed.us.
Summer 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
Commentary
Special Feature
Upcoming
Links
Commentary
In "Partners Extraordinaire," Cornelius Pratt, of the National Office of Communication, outlines several advantages of agency partnerships, particularly those grounded in symmetry. More . . .
Special Feature
Tropical forestry (in the Caribbean)
poses an environmental paradox: it is as much a repository of extensive
ecosystem diversity as it is a wellspring of social pressures and public
interest. SDe-News
discusses with three officials the broad implications of that challenge for
land and water management:
Pablo Cruz, Forest
Supervisor, Caribbean National
Forest. More
. . .
Ariel E. Lugo, Director, International Institute
of Tropical Forestry. More . . .
Edgardo González, Director, Forest Bureau,
Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources. More . . .
Upcoming
For information on local conferences and workshops in your area, please visit the following sites:
Minerals and Energy Roundtable: http://www.fs.fed.us/servicefirst/sustained/iemeindex.html
Range Roundtable: http://sustainablerangelands.cnr.colostate.edu/
Water Roundtable: http://water.usgs.gov/wicp/acwi/swrr/
Forest: http://www.sustainableforests.net/
Montreal Process: http://www.mpci.org/
International conferences:
For information on meetings and workshops that will be held through July 2007, go to http://www.conferencealerts.com/sustain.htm
Links
Understanding Key Issues of Sustainable Wood Producation in the Pacific Northwest.
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