Who Should Participate
Anyone concerned with or interested in the
applications of climate information at local and
regional levels to manage risks, including:
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Research,
teaching, and extension faculty, administrators,
staff, and students, including those
participating in Regional Integrated Sciences
and Assessments Centers (RISAs), climate
centers, and others involved with improving the
use of climate information for agriculture and
natural resource management.
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Representatives from federal, state, and local
agencies conducting climate research or offering
climate services, such as the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US
Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National
Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), the
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US
Geological Survey (USGS), state departments of
environmental protection, state departments of
agriculture, and water management districts.
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Non-governmental
and private-voluntary organizations (NGOs and
PVOs) such as Federation of Southern
Cooperatives, Local Governments for
Sustainability (ICLEI), Sustainable Agriculture
Working Group (SAWG), and others.
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Intermediaries or representatives of potential
climate information users from the private
sector, for example, state Farm Bureaus, crop
consultants, commodity associations, producer
organizations, environmental consulting firms,
agricultural and natural resources media, and
others.
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Land planners, developers, environmental
consultants and others engaged in managing or
setting policy for changes in land use and land
cover.
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