National Capacity in Forestry Research (2002)Board on
Agriculture and Natural Resources Each report is produced by a
committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a
particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous,
independent peer review; while the reports represent views of
the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more
on our expert consensus reports. This study, which included a
one and one-half day workshop, conducted, and reviewed the
expertise, capacity, and future needs of forestry research
organizations and current approaches and capacity of natural
resource education to meet challenges of the next 10 to 15
years. - Important foundation forestry research needs are
biology, ecology, and silviculture; forest genetics; forest
management, economics, and policy; and wood and materials
science. - Recent budget cuts in all states in the 2000s,
however, suggest that stable academic research and education
support is likely to be at risk as well now. - The effects of
reduce