 National
Committees
United States of America
The US National Committee (USNC) for DIVERSITAS met for the
first time on 22 June 2000 at the National Academy of Sciences
in
Washington, DC. The USNC:
- acts as a liaison from the US scientific
community to the DIVERSITAS secretariat and scientific
committees
- acts as a communication link between DIVERSITAS and the
US
scientific community, specifically US scientific associations
- seeks ways of implementing the DIVERSITAS scientific research
programme in the United States and encourage international
collaboration in biodiversity research.
Organisations
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The US National Committee for DIVERSITAS
includes representatives from 6 different disciplinary US National
Committees (IUBS,
IUMS, IUSS, INQUA, IUPsyS and IUAES), as well as SCOPE,
CODATA and
IGBP.
Chair
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Dr. Donald C. Potts
Institute of Marine Sciences
University of California at Santa Cruz
Earth & Marine Sciences Bldg. A431
Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Tel: +1 831 459 4417
Fax: +1 831 459 4882
Email: potts@biology.ucsc.edu
Members
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Dr. Carole L. Crumley
University of North Carolina
Dr. Russell W. Graham
Denver Museum of Natural History
Thomas E. Lovejoy
H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment
Lynne Parenti
National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
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James Staley
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Washington
Dr. Priscilla C. Grew
Department of Geosciences
University of Nebraska State Museum
Dr. Barbara E. John
Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Wyoming
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Ex-Officio
Michael Donoghue
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
Robert J. Naiman
School of Fisheries
University of Washington
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Stephen Polasky
Department of Applied Economics
University of Minnesota
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Contact(s)
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Margaret R. Goud Collins, PhD
Program Director, US NMO Committee for IIASA Program Officer, U.S. DIVERSITAS
Board on International Scientific Organizations
Policy and Global Affairs
The National Academies
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001 , USA
phone: +1 508 548 2502
email: mcollins@nas.edu
DIVERSITAS USA National Committee: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/usnc-diversitas/
mailing address:
29 Loop Rd.
Falmouth, MA 02540, USA
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Beth Huthnance
Program Associate
PGA/BISO WS1010
500 5th St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
phone: +1 202 334 1933
email: Ebriggs@nas.edu
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Links
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- National Biological Informatique Infrastructure (NBII)
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