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New Biennial Review Says Stronger Science Support Needed as Everglades Restoration Pivots from Planning to Operations

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As the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) pivots from planning to operations, a strong organizational foundation for science will be essential to inform management and future actions for the ecosystem, which remains vulnerable to continued degradation, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

Mar 16, 2021
The Everglades

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Review of Draft Chapters of the Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment

Consensus/Advisory Activity

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Review of Transmission and Geographic Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in U.S. Cervid Populations

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Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress VIII

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Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress VI & VII

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Ecological Risk Assessment Under FIFRA and ESA

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The US Antarctic Program: Future Science Opportunities in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean

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The Legacies and Lessons of International Polar Year 2007-2008

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National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces

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Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Translation to Space Exploration Systems Panel

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Decadal Survey on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space: Integrative and Translational Research for the Human System Panel

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Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress

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U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (USNC/IUPAC)

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Center for Health, People, and Places (CHPP)

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Committee on Geological and Geotechnical Engineering

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