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      Conserving Biodiversity: A Research Agenda for Development Agencies

      Panel on Biodiversity Research Priorities,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Presents an agenda for research that aims to provide information to formulate policy and design conservation programs in the Third World. This book includes discussions of research needs in the…

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      Nature and Human Society: The Quest for a Sustainable World

      Committee for the Second Forum on Biodiversity,National Academy of Sciences,National Research Council

      From earliest times, human beings have noticed patterns in nature: night and day, tides and lunar cycles, the changing seasons, plant succession, and animal migration. This book features findings, insights…

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      Vetiver Grass: A Thin Green Line Against Erosion

      Panel on Vetiver,Board on Science & Technology for International Development,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Soil erosion is among the most chronic environmental and economic burdens. Vetiver, a little-known tropical grass, offers one practical and inexpensive way to control erosion on a huge scale. This…

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      Organizational Linkages: Understanding the Productivity Paradox

      Panel on Organizational Linkages,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Examines how to translate workers’ productivity increases into gains for the organization, and discusses why huge investments in automation and other innovations have failed to boost productivity. This book examines…

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      Social Impact of AIDS in the United States

      Panel on Monitoring the Social Impact of the AIDS Epidemic,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Addresses issues in the public debate over AIDS. This book explores how AIDS has affected fundamental policies and practices in our major institutions. It is helpful to anyone concerned about…

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      Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States: An Assessment of the Measure

      Panel to Review U.S Department of Agriculture's Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States: An Assessment of the Measure (2006)

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