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BE
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Biocomplexity in the Environment |
CENR
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Committee on Environment and Natural Resources
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CI
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Conservation International
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CNIE
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Committee for the National Institute for the Environment
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CSREES
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Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
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DIVERSITAS
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Umbrella program to coordinate the global research effort in the biodiversity sciences
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DOC
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Department of Commerce
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DOD
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U.S. Department of Defense
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DOE
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U.S. Department of Energy
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DOI
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U.S. Department of the Interior
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DOT
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U.S. Department of Transportation
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EHR
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NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources
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EPA
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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ESA
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Ecological Society of America
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FEMA
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Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FCCSET
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Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
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FY
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fiscal year
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GIS
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Geographic Information System
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GLOBE
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Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment
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GLOBEC
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Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics
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GPO
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Government Printing Office
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HCP
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habitat conservation plan
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HHS
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(Department of) Health and Human Services
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ICSU
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International Council for Science (formerly International Council of Scientific Unions)
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IGBP
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International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
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IOM
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Institute of Medicine
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IPCC
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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ISEC
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Integrated Science for Ecosystem Challenge
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IUCN
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World Conservation Union (formerly International Union for the Conservation of Nature)
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LTER
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Long Term Ecological Research
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MAB
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Man and Biosphere
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NAE
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National Academy of Engineering
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NASA
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration
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NCAR
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National Center for Atmospheric Research
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NCEAS
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National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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NGO
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nongovernmental organization
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NIH
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National Institutes of Health
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NIST
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National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NOAA
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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NRC
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National Research Council
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NSB
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National Science Board
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NSF
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National Science Foundation
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NSTC
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National Science and Technology Council
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OECD
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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OMB
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Office of Management and Budget
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ONR
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Office of Naval Research
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OSTP
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Office of Science and Technology Policy
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PCAST
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President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
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R&D
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research and development
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SAES
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State Agricultural Experiment Stations
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SCOPE
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Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment
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SI
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Smithsonian Institution
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UCAR
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
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UNEP
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United Nations Environment Programme
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UNESCO
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United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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USDA
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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USGS
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U.S. Geological Survey
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USGCRP
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U.S. Global Change Research Program
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WHO
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World Health Organization
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WMO
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World Meterological Organization
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WRI
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World Resources Institute
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WWF
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World Wildlife Fund
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