The value of virtual conferencing for ecology and conservation
The value of virtual conferencing for ecology and conservation
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DOI：
10.1111/cobi.12837
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发表时间：
2017-06-01
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Malishev, Matthew
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作者：
Fraser, Hannah;Soanes, Kylie;Malishev, Matthew
保护科学的目标及其研究的传播创造了一个悖论：保护是关于保护环境，但科学家们在碳足迹严重的会议上传播这一信息。生态和保护科学依赖于全球知识交流，将最好的科学带到最需要的地方。然而，发达国家出席会议的人数通常超过作为生物多样性和保护热点的发展中国家。如果说科学的任何分支都应该试图在最大限度地提高参与度的同时最大限度地减少碳排放，那就是保护。虚拟会议在其他学科中很常见，例如教育和人文学科，但令人惊讶的是，它在生态学和保护方面的使用不足。采用虚拟会议会带来许多挑战，包括物流和统一验收，我们认为可以通过规划和技术来克服这些挑战。我们研究了4种会议模型：一种纯虚拟模型和3种混合集线器和节点模型，其中集线器将内容流传输到本地节点。这些模式的共同目标是减轻全球知识转移的后勤和行政挑战。采用虚拟会议解决了现代会议的两个基本先决条件：降低碳排放和增加远程，时间和资源匮乏的研究人员，特别是来自发展中国家的研究人员的可访问性。
The objectives of conservation science and dissemination of its research create a paradox: Conservation is about preserving the environment, yet scientists spread this message at conferences with heavy carbon footprints. Ecology and conservation science depend on global knowledge exchangegetting the best science to the places it is most needed. However, conference attendance from developed countries typically outweighs that from developing countries that are biodiversity and conservation hotspots. If any branch of science should be trying to maximize participation while minimizing carbon emissions, it is conservation. Virtual conferencing is common in other disciplines, such as education and humanities, but it is surprisingly underused in ecology and conservation. Adopting virtual conferencing entails a number of challenges, including logistics and unified acceptance, which we argue can be overcome through planning and technology. We examined 4 conference models: a pure-virtual model and 3 hybrid hub-and-nodemodels, where hubs stream content to local nodes. These models collectively aim to mitigate the logistical and administrative challenges of global knowledge transfer. Embracing virtual conferencing addresses 2 essential prerequisites of modern conferences: lowering carbon emissions and increasing accessibility for remote, time- and resource-poor researchers, particularly those from developing countries.