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9 Investing in Research and Technology Transfer
Pages 133-140

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From page 133...
... Information needed for the management and protection of nonfederal forests is often dissimilar from that required by other major landowner categories. Certainly, the variety of objectives associated with management of the nation's 9 million nonindustrial private forests requires information that often is different from that needed for the management of federal public lands.
From page 134...
... (National Research Council 1990; Ellefson and Ek 1996~. The magnitude of needed research investments is put into perspective by the 70 million acres of nonindustrial private forests that are worthy of management practices yielding at least a 4 percent real rate of return.
From page 135...
... As is coordination and integration among forestry research scientists generally, coordination of scientific effort devoted to nonfederal forests is limited (National Research Council 1990~. Given the importance of nonfederal forests to the nation and the diversity of clients that depend on them, the forestry research community needs to be aggregated and integrated.
From page 136...
... INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER Demand continues to increase for scientific information required to make informed decisions on the use, management, and protection of nonfederal forests. A challenge facing the nation, however, is how to transfer such information effectively to the users, managers, and owners of the nation's nonfederal forests, and the variety of current and potential partnerships that involve these users and managers (National Research Council 1990~.
From page 137...
... have engaged in developing complex assessment and monitoring systems that evaluate the status of forest resources and the progress in implementing programs on them. One of the most widely acknowledged assessment programs is the Forest Inventory and Analysis program authorized by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974.
From page 138...
... ; information sampling methods might be incompatible; certain landowner categories or forestland classifications might be excluded from survey samples; research designs providing information about resource conditions might be inconsistent; information on the human dimension might be lacking (for example, political, legal, and economic information) ; and the information reported might be out-of-date or poorly timed for important decisions.
From page 139...
... In addition, research administrators should consider creative funding mechanisms, including dedicated public funding, special fees on commodities obtained from forests, a greater role for the private sector via the issuance of bonds and reinvestment of revenues, and fees for conducting research activities. As for the number and quality of forestry scientists, innovative recruitment and enhanced educational climate should be explored (National Research Council 1990~.
From page 140...
... Developing linkages with and integration of various information systems; carrying out planning activities that focus information gathering and improve the quality of information systems; establishing information partnerships and cooperatives between public and private concerns, especially at state and regional levels; and focusing administrative leadership for the management of information about the nation's nonfederal forests is fundamental (National Science and Technology Council 1994)


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