experience and resources to the crucial energy, natural 

 resource, and environmental issues. 



Certain common requirements must be met, however, 

 to provide the scientific and technological context 

 that will give the proposed activities better prospects 

 for success. For many years, persons connected with 

 problems of national development have been espousing 

 better training, better management, a stronger 

 indigenous capability to address problems, and stronger 

 linkages among private and public organizations 

 concerned with similar problems. A new sense of 

 urgency has been added to these old perspectives, 

 however, as the problems of energy, natural resources, 

 and the environment have become critical for all 

 nations. Managers concerned with natural resources and 

 the environment need to be aware of the complex 

 implications of the problems they must address. Our 

 interdependence demands greater collaboration in 

 finding ways to use resources wisely and also demands 

 broader training and awareness for persons working with 

 these problems. 



All this requires an expanded commitment by the 

 United states, through both public and private 

 organizations, to research and development focused on 

 the global problems of energy, natural resources, and 

 environment. An essential aspect of this expanded 

 effort should be work aimed at increasing the efficient 

 of use of energy and other natural resources in 

 developing countries. 



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