Research information from the community level can be a key element in national policy decisions and macroeconomic planning. Information on the vision of the community is essential in harmonizing government policy and planning with what will actually be possible in practice. Information on the community and district goals and time-frames harmonize conflicts between sector, national, and international expectations. Information on subsistence agriculture and fishing is the kind of data that can be used by communities and by the national agriculture, fisheries and economic development officers. Information on stream water quality enables monitoring of the performance of timber and mining companies while also recording the progress of communities in not polluting their own water supplies.
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Research is a process of discovery anyone enjoys. Outdoor, action oriented research is especially interesting compared to research that involves the talking or reading kind. People enjoy team sports and challenging outdoor activities. Surveying, monitoring, and investigating the living world and one's relationship to it is an absorbing way to spend an afternoon. The game was played using experts to provide data and clues on radio broadcasts.