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Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Informatics Work Group

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Acorn Woodpecker
Photographer:
Tom Herman /NBII

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APHIS - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
ARS - Agricultural Research Service
BLM - Bureau of Land Management
CEQ - Council on Environmental Quality
CERCLA - Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
CITES - Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species
COP - Coastal Oceans Program
CRP - Conservation Reserve Program
CSCOR - Coastal Ocean Research (CSCOR)
CSREES
- Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
DOC - Department of Commerce
DOD - Department of Defense
DOI - Department of the Interior
DOS - Department of State
EO - Executive Order
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EPN - Early Project Notification
EQIP - Environmental Quality Incentives Program
ESA - Endangered Species Act
FAO- Food and Agriculture Organization
FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act
FS - Forest Service
FSA - Farm Service Agency
FWS - Fish and Wildlife Service
GLOBE - Global Learning and Observations to
GOIN - Global Observation Information Network
IABIN - Inter-American Biodiversity Information
ICBG - International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups Program
ICRI - International Coral Reef Initiative
LMO - Living Modified Organism
MESC - Midcontinental Ecological Science Center
MMS - Minerals Management Service
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NBII - National Biological Information Infrastructure
NCI - National Cancer Institute
NCTC - National Conservation Training Center
NEDI - National Environmental Data Index
NEP - National Estuary Program
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NESDIS - National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOS - National Ocean Service
NPGS - National Plant Germplasm System
NPS - National Park Service
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
NSF - National Science Foundation
NSTC - National Science and Technology Council
OGP - Office of Global Programs
OSTP - Office of Science and Technology Policy
PCAST - President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology
PCSD - President's Council on Sustainable Development
STRI - Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
TEKTRAN - Technology Transfer Automated Retrieval
TSCA - Toxic Substances Control Act
UN - United Nations
USAID - United States Agency for International Development
USBR - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
USDA - United States Department of Agriculture
USGS - United States Geological Survey
USISTC - U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Commission
USMAB - United States Man and the Biosphere Program

Monarch Butterfly
Photographer:
John J. Mosesso/NBII

BioEco Work Group Activities

The BioEco work group meets several times a year to carry out its chartered missions. The work group also sponsors workshops and other fora to promote understanding of the issues and technologies pertinent to biodiversity and ecosystems informatics.

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