1. LBA-ECO 8 th Business Meeting Group Reports

2. Science Workshops Agriculture Agriculture –Mercedes Bustamante, Paul Steudler Fire, Ecosystems, and the Atmosphere Fire, Ecosystems, and the Atmosphere –Ane Alencar, Jeff Morisette BARCA (Regional Carbon Balance Study) BARCA (Regional Carbon Balance Study) –Maria Assunção Silva Dias, John Miller Rivers, Wetlands, and Carbon Cycling Rivers, Wetlands, and Carbon Cycling –Marcos Costa, Jeff Richey Logging and Forest Degradation Logging and Forest Degradation –Greg Asner, Carlos Souza Secondary Forests Secondary Forests –Mateus Batistella, Eric Davidson Forest Dynamics Across the Region Forest Dynamics Across the Region –Susan Trumbore

3. Currently Open Special Issues Earth Interactions Earth Interactions –Deadline Sept. 15 –Contact Marcos Costa, Chris Potter Hydrological Processes Hydrological Processes –Deadline Sept. ? –Contact Chris Neill

4. Special Session at AGU Abstracts Sought for All Areas of LBA American Geophysical Union American Geophysical Union San Francisco, California, USA San Francisco, California, USA December 13-17, 2004 December 13-17, 2004 Convenors: Michael Keller, Carlos Nobre Convenors: Michael Keller, Carlos Nobre Abstracts due September 9, 2004 Abstracts due September 9, 2004 http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm04/ http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm04/