Explores technological considerations of small-scale, primitive fishing technologies, and describes innovative, relatively inexpensive methods and tools that have already been successfully applied in developing countries. This book is illustrated throughout…

Argues that societies should approach sustainable development not as a destination but as an ongoing, adaptive learning process. This book proposes a strategy for using scientific and technical knowledge to…

Is the US producing too many PhDs? Does the current graduate education system adequately prepare science and engineering students for today’s marketplace? How do foreign students enter the picture? What…

As part of its analysis of public-private partnerships, the Academies convened academic researchers, government officials and policy makers, and representatives from firms. This report of a workshop devotes attention to…

This report contains a collection of papers from a workshop—Strengthening Science-Based Decision-Making for Sustainable Management of Scarce Water Resources for Agricultural Production, held in Tunisia. Participants, including scientists, decision makers…

Summarizes a workshop organized by the National Academies Roundtable on Science and Technology for Sustainability. This report offers discussions at the workshop, including common themes about the process of linking…

Recommends 13 actions that policy-makers, courts, universities, and health and patent officials should take to prevent the complex web of IP protections from getting in the way of potential breakthroughs…

Biomedical advances have made it possible to manipulate features of living organisms in useful ways. This book examines the trends and objectives of research in public health, life sciences, and…