This includes fostering sound use of the Nation's land and water resources and assessing energy and mineral resources. This includes the functioning of biological systems, their relationship to physical, chemical, geologic, and hydrologic factors, and their response to human and natural environmental stresses.
Research encompasses studies on species, populations, and ecosystems.
Inventory, monitoring, and conservation of living resources and their ecosystems, as well as research toward their sustainable development, are given high priority. Global Change Research . Natural Disaster Reduction. DOI also provides hazard and risk assessments on national, international, regional, urban, and local scales and develops monitoring networks and geographic information systems. The Department is also responsible for transferring technology to expand capacity for mitigation, preparedness, emergency response and recovery, and for the organization and conduct of post-disaster investigations.