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Global Climate Change: Related Links

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USDA's Climate Change Program Office—USDA-wide coordinator of agriculture, rural, and forestry-related global change program and policy issues.

USDA Climate Change Science Plan—A guide for the USDA and related stakeholders that identifies the Department’s scientific priorities and provides support to agriculture , forestry, rural development and climate change aspects of USDA's strategic plan to address the challenges presented by climate change.

U.S. Global Change Research Program—Government-wide coordinator of research on the interactions of natural and human-induced changes in the global environment and their implications for society.

NRCS Global Climate Change—Soil survey laboratory and research data from National Resources Conservation Service, USDA.

NRCS Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act—The Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 1977, as amended (RCA) provides the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) broad strategic assessment and planning authority for the conservation, protection, and enhancement of soil, water, and related natural resources. In January 2011, the National Appraisal will be delivered to Congress.

ARS Global Change Research Program—The research program and projects under USDA's Agricultural Research Service.

U.S. Forest Service Climate Change Resource Center—Information and tools for land managers.

U.S. Forest Service Forest Carbon Tool—Tools for carbon inventory, management, and reporting.

CSREES Global Change and Climate—Funding and partnerships under USDA's Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service.

NRCS Voluntary Reporting Carbon Management Tool (COMET-VR)—A decision support tool for agricultural producers, land managers, soil scientists and other agricultural interests.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Site—EPA's comprehensive climate change site.

 

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Updated date: December 9, 2010