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La Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica (UNA) es una universidad pública costarricense con gran prestigio a nivel nacional e internacional además de ser reconocida como una universidad dedicada a la investigación y posicionada entre las mejores universidades a nivel mundial. Es una de las mejores universidades de la República de Costa Rica y América Latina.
United States Government Publishing Office
The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is the Federal Government’s official, digital, secure resource for producing, procuring, cataloging, indexing, authenticating, disseminating, and preserving the official information products of the U.S. Government. The GPO is responsible for the production and distribution of information products and services for all three branches of the Federal Government, including U.S. passports for the Department of State as well as the official publications of Congress, the White House, and other Federal agencies in digital and print formats.
United States Department of Agriculture
Who We Are
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is made up of 29 agencies and offices with nearly 100,000 employees who serve the American people at more than 4,500 locations across the country and abroad.
What We Do
We provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
SSAR, a not-for-profit (registered 501(c)3) organization established to advance research, conservation, and education concerning amphibians and reptiles, was founded in 1958. It is the largest international herpetological society, and is recognized worldwide for having the most diverse program of publications, meetings, and other activities.
Raptor Research Foundation
The Raptor Research Foundation (RRF) is a non-profit scientific society whose primary goal is the accumulation and dissemination of scientific information about raptors.
Soil Science Society of America
The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) is a progressive international scientific society that fosters the transfer of knowledge and practices to sustain global soils. Based in Madison, WI, and founded in 1936, SSSA is the professional home for 6,000+ members and 1,000+ certified professionals dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. The Society provides information about soils in relation to crop production, environmental quality, ecosystem sustainability, bioremediation, waste management, recycling, and wise land use.
Society of American Foresters
The profession of forestry started to take hold in the United States in late 1800s. In 1889, George Vanderbilt hired Gifford Pinchot (pictured at right), a young forester educated in Europe, to manage the forest at the Biltmore Estate. It was the nation’s first professionally managed forest.
In 1891 Congress passed the Forest Reserves Act, which created a reserve of 40 million acres of forestland in the United States. Six years later in 1897, Congress passed the Organic Act, which served as the basis for management of the newly created forest reserves.
Society for Range Management
The Society for Range Management is the professional scientific society and conservation organization whose members are concerned with studying, conserving, managing and sustaining the varied resources of the rangelands which comprise nearly half the land in the world. Established in 1948, SRM has over 4,000 members in 48 countries, including many developing nations.
SRM’s members are land managers, scientists, educators, students, producers and conservationists–a diverse membership guided by a professional code of ethics and unified by a strong land ethic.
Sociedade Brasileira de Economia e Sociologia Rural
A SOBER é uma Sociedade Científica, Cultural e Educacional que tem o objetivo de desenvolver as ciências sociais rurais (Administração, Economia, Extensão, Comunicação e Sociologia Rural), e suas correlatas. Para atingir estes objetivos a SOBER promove, por meio de seus congressos anuais e da publicação trimestral da Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural (RESR) , o intercâmbio científico, a pesquisa e o ensino em ciências sociais rurais.
Servicio Regional de Investigación y Desarrollo Agroalimentario
El SERIDA es un organismo público del Principado de Asturias con personalidad jurídica propia, creado mediante la Ley 5/1999, que tiene por finalidad contribuir a la modernización y mejora de las capacidades del sector agroalimentario regional mediante el impulso y ejecución de la investigación y el desarrollo tecnológico agroalimentario, a fin de conseguir una mejora de la productividad, la diversificación en el sector y la e