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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.

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

Consensus/Advisory Activity

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

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Agriculture, Food Systems and Climate Security: A Workshop

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Completed

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

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Completed

Building Impactful Collaborative Platforms in the Land-Grant System

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Heritable Genetic Modification in Food Animals

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

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

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Completed

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

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Completed

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

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Exploring Linkages Between Soil Health and Human Health

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Nutrient Requirements of Swine, 12th revised edition

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Recently Completed

Climate Intervention in an Earth Systems Science Framework: A Workshop

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

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

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Calving Glacier Alaska - Hubbard Glacier - a huge iceberg calves into Disenchantment Bay - St. Elias Alaska. Taken from an Alaska cruise ship - near Yukon, Canada

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

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Enhancing Coordination Between Land-Grant Universities and Colleges

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Leading Practices for Improving Accessibility and Inclusion in Field and Laboratory Science: A Conversation Series

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Review of the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers in Action White Paper on Building a Scientific Roadmap to a Carbon Negative Agricultural System

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Reducing the Health Impacts of the Nitrogen Problem: An Environmental Health Matters Initiative Workshop

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Developing a Booklet on Biodiversity for the Public and Policy Makers

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed

Examining the Long-term Health and Economic Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance in the United States

Consensus/Advisory Activity

Completed