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News Release 11-199
New Understanding of How Humans and the Environment Interact
National Science Foundation Grants Awarded for Research on Coupled Natural and Human Systems
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![Photo of African fishermen with their boats on the beach.](/news/mmg/media/images/cnh_award1_f.jpg)
Human health; household wealth; biodiversity in Africa will be studied by CNH scientists.
Credit: Justin Brashares
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![Photo of a wildfire over pine forested hills in background with houses in foreground in New Mexico.](/news/mmg/media/images/cnh_award2_f.jpg)
CNH scientists will research human roles in fire-adapted pine forests in New Mexico.
Credit: Ignacio Peralta, U.S. Forest Service
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![Photo of a wetland in an agricultural area in the Sierra Foothills of California.](/news/mmg/media/images/cnh_award3_f.jpg)
Wetlands in agricultural areas of the Sierra Foothills of California are part of a CNH project.
Credit: Steven Beissinger
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![Photo of a tropical common coqui frog singing.](/news/mmg/media/images/cnh_award4_f.jpg)
The tropical common coqui frog sings; "soundscapes" are the subject of a CNH project.
Credit: Luis-Villanueva-Rivera
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![Photo of a body of water with a beach in the foreground and a finger of land in the center.](/news/mmg/media/images/cnh_award5_f.jpg)
Water resource management and local governance are the focus of a CNH award.
Credit: Jae Hong Kim
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![Photo of a road in the southwestern Amazon region.](/news/mmg/media/images/cnh_award6_f.jpg)
Highways affect the southwestern Amazon region; CNH scientists will find out how much.
Credit: Stephen Perz
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