Concept information
Preferred term
USDA/FS/IPIF
Definition
- The USDA Forest Service Research and Development (FS R&D) is the world's largest forestry research organization FS R&D conducts ecological and social science research to understand ecosystems, how humans influence those systems, and how to manage for sustained and enhanced benefits. FS R&D operates six Research Station, the Forest Products Laboratory, and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. It employs 524 scientists, as well as several hundred technical and support personnel, located at 65 sites throughout the United States. The Pacific Southwest Research Station represents the Forest Service R&D in the States of California and Hawaii and the U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands. The region has the lowest, driest desert in the country, the highest elevations within the 48 contiguous States, and the wettest tropical forests. It is the home of an abundant diversity of native plants and animals and nearly 50 percent of the nation's threatened and endangered species. Website: "http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/ipif/" [Summary provided by the USDA.] (en)
Broader concept
- USDA (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/e4fae5da-df34-4979-bd36-5356c3148cef
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