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Extractions: Jump to Top News Jump to Science in the Headlines Search: Subscribe to our FREE e-newsletter! NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE ... Site Map Popular Searches Evolution Women in Science Stem Cells Career Links Employment Career Guides For Retirees Major Divisions Division of Behavioral The latest news from the Academies Sept. 19 Critics have questioned the propriety of recent studies regarding housing-related health risks and children. A new report from the National Research Council and the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies outlines how to conduct such research in a way that ultimately improves child health, ensures that child participants do not face inappropriate risks, and fully informs their parents. Sept. 15 At a congressional hearing on "Sources and Methods of Foreign Nationals Engaged in Economic and Military Espionage," National Academy of Engineering President Wm. A. Wulf urged members to remember "the important contributions foreign-born scholars, scientists, and engineers have made and continue to make" toward the success and security of the United States.
FPEG Home Welcome to the ODI Forest Policy and Environment Programme (FPEP). FPEP seeks to inform the processes of policy change in top of page, www.odi.org.uk http://www.odifpeg.org.uk/
Extractions: Welcome to the ODI Forest Policy and Environment Programme (FPEP). FPEP seeks to inform the processes of policy change in tropical forestry in ways which improve the livelihoods and well-being of the forest-dependent poor, whilst also securing the long-term future of forest resources. We do this by: Current research centres on: Forestry provides an important entry point for governance initiatives. The very factors that make forestry such a challenging sector also mean that it offers valuable ways of understanding governance, governance failures, and assessing the impacts of public policies on the poor and the environment. More...
Loka Index The Loka Institute is a nonprofit research and advocacy organization Donating to Loka is easier than ever through Helping.org s online giving system. http://www.loka.org/
Extractions: We partner with community based organizations, local, state and federal government agencies, and universities. Read a message from The Loka Institute's (TLI's) new National Coordinator, Dr. Nilesh Chatterjee There are often more differences between the individuals within a group rather than between individuals in different groups. There are often more people who agree rather than disagree. However, the societal climate is vitiated by differences rather than attempting to create healthy dialogue. How can we involve all people? How can we ensure participation? That is the challenge of creating a sustainable and healthy democracy; that is the challenge of The Loka Institute (TLI). Although loka-samagraha is an ancient concept, The Loka Institute (TLI) project was initiated sometime in the late 1980s by Dick Sclove ( read more by Sclove).
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Extractions: The Laboratory Safety Institute An International Center for Science Safety Safety in Science and Science Education Our motto is Teach, Learn, and Practice Science Safely Teaching, Learning, and Practicing Science Safely means that before you do an experiment, demonstration, or activity There's more to lab safety than just labs. Our lives are filled with hazards. When we Teach, Learn, and Practice Science Safely students and employees. Unfortunately, the accident rate in schools and colleges is 100 to 1000 times greater than at Dow or Dupont.
