Organizations
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FER students and faculty are active in a number of peer and industry organizations devoted to environmental impact assessment.
Visiting these websites can provide you with more information on environmental impact assessment and how it contributes to the protection and management of the planet's forests and other natural resources:
- The National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) provides a forum for the exchange of information in natural resources; advocates interdisciplinary environmental education and research; and sponsors various activities to spur discussion of issues that affect natural resources at the local, regional, national and international levels.
- The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) International is a non-profit organization that includes over 2,000 individuals and organizational members actively engaged in ecologically-sensitive repair and management of ecosystems.
- The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) supports sound natural resource management of tropical ecosystems through environmental outreach, environmental policy courses, reforestation research and the protection, investigation and management of buffer areas in field research stations.
- The Student Fisheries Society is a sub-unit of the North Carolina Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. It encourages the exchange of fisheries and aquatic science information among students, faculty and regional professionals and provides career guidance to students.
- The Society of American Foresters (SAF) is a national scientific and educational organization representing the forestry profession in the United States. Its mission is to advance the science, education, technology, and practice of forestry.
- The Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) is a community of scientists, conservationists, consultants, federal, state and local wetland managers plus environmentalist citizens. It publishes the top journal in its field; sponsors annual meetings and local chapter activities; advocates sound wetland science and policy in Washington, D.C.; funds grants for students and researchers; and conducts outreach to wetland colleagues around the world.
- Sigma Xi is an international, multidisciplinary research society that honors scientific achievement, promotes an appreciation of the role research has played in human progress and supports scientific enterprise and original work across the spectrum of science and technology.
- The North Carolina Urban Forest Council is a grassroots organization devoted to the protection and growth of community forestry. Members include individuals, citizen groups, non-profit organizations, businesses and agencies from around the state with an interest in community and urban forestry.
