Biodiversity and Ecosystems Informatics Work Group
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The BioEco Work Group was chartered in 1997 by the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) Subcommittee on Ecological Systems (SES) to improve coordination of Federal Biodiversity and Ecosystem informatics activities and to provide a recognized, high level focal point for those activities.

The charter charged the work group with the following:

  1. Design a framework fo a National Biological Infrastructure (NBII)
  2. Provide a focal point for Federal, intergovernmental, and public-private partnerships
  3. Provide a focal point between Federal Programs and the PCAST Biodiversity and Ecosystems Panel
  4. Provide a focal point for coordination with international programs and organizations
  5. Advise the Subcomittee on Ecological Systems (SES)
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