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Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment. 2006. Filling the Gaps: Priority Data Needs and Key Management Challenges for National Reporting on Ecosystem Condition. A Report of the Heinz Center's State of the Nation's Ecosystem Project. (William Clark chairs the Heinz Center committee responsible for the report), Washington, DC: Heinz Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.

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This report calls attention to 10 key information gaps that stand in the way of effective reporting on the condition and use of U.S. ecosystems. It selects 10 gaps for special attention from the larger set of gaps identified in The Heinz Center’s 2002 report The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems: Managing the Lands, Waters, and Living Resources of the United States. Filling these gaps would more than double the number of indicators that could be reported nationally, from 32 in the 2002 report to 66 (out of total of 103), significantly improving the nation’s ability to understand and manage its ecosystems.

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