CNIC: Planning visits to develop U.S. - Costa Rica - Asia collaborative research and education initiatives in biodiversity and sustainability in the tropics

CNIC：计划访问以制定美国-哥斯达黎加-亚洲热带生物多样性和可持续性方面的合作研究和教育举措

• 批准号: 1321637
• 负责人: Cynthia Sagers
• 金额: $ 6.78万
• 依托单位: University of Arkansas
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-05-15 至 2016-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1321637&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CNIC; Planning; visits; develop; U.S.

Sustainability research examines the complex interactions between humans and the rest of nature, which have resulted in climate, land-use, and other environmental changes. Although sustainability studies are increasingly included within temperate regions, they are rarely included within studies of tropical ecosystems. This award will support workshops in Costa Rica and China to foster the inclusion of sustainability within biodiversity research in the tropics. The project will bring together existing teams of researchers from the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XTBG-CAS) and the Center for Tropical Forest Science (CTFS) plus social scientists and policy developers to develop recommendations on how best to incorporate sustainability questions within tropical systems research.Sustainability research recognizes the importance of simultaneously considering social, economic and natural aspects to the long-term viability of tropical systems. Forming an alliance among US, Costa Rican and Asian scientists will create research, education and training opportunities for students, post-docs, junior and established researchers in each of the three regions that will have long term and far reaching impacts on research in tropical systems. The expectation is that these workshops will catalyze research leading to the long-term goal of sustainable social, economic and ecological systems in the tropics.

可持续性研究研究了人类与自然界其他人之间的复杂相互作用，这导致了气候，土地利用和其他环境变化。尽管可持续性研究越来越多地包括在温带地区，但它们很少被包括在热带生态系统研究中。 该奖项将支持哥斯达黎加和中国的研讨会，以促进热带生物多样性研究中的可持续性。 该项目将汇集来自热带研究组织（OTS）的现有研究人员团队，中国科学院的Xishuangbann Tropical植物园（XTBG-CAS）和热带森林科学中心（CTFS）以及社会科学家和政策开发商为了提出有关如何最好地将可持续性问题纳入热带系统研究中的建议。Sustainability研究认识到同时考虑社会，经济和自然方面对热带系统长期可行性的重要性。在我们之间建立联盟，哥斯达黎加和亚洲科学家将在三个地区的学生，初级和成熟的研究人员中为学生创造研究，教育和培训机会，这些研究人员将长期且对热带系统的研究产生遥远的影响。期望这些研讨会将催化研究，从而实现热带地区可持续社会，经济和生态系统的长期目标。