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Standing Committee

Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources

The Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources (BANR) is a program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine focused on agriculture, forestry, fisheries, wildlife, and the use of land, water, and other natural resources.

Recently completed

Projects

Optimizing Research on Experimental Prescribed Fires to Improve Understanding of Wildland Fire and Smoke Behavior

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Assistance to the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Building a Framework for Addressing PFAS on Agricultural Land

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Agriculture, Food Systems and Climate Security: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

The Social-Ecological Consequences of Future Wildfire in the West: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Building Impactful Collaborative Platforms in the Land-Grant System

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals

Consensus/Advisory Activity

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

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Assistance to the California Department of Food and Agriculture Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-Winged Sharp Shooter Board on Grapevine Viruses and Grapevine Disease Research

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wildland Fires: Toward Improved Monitoring, Modeling, and Management--A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Nutrient Requirements of Swine, 12th revised edition

Consensus/Advisory Activity

In Progress

Climate Intervention in an Earth Systems Science Framework: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Sustainability Implications of the Ukraine Conflict and Global Food Security: A Workshop

Workshop

Completed

Workshop on Tipping Points, Cascading Impacts, and Interacting Risks in the Earth System

Workshop

Completed

The Role of Agricultural Practices on Development of Antimicrobial Resistant Microbes Affecting Human Health: A Workshop Series

Workshop

Completed
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