International Travel to Attend the "First Latin American Congress on Ecology"; Montevideo, Uruguay; 10-17 December 1989

该奖项为15个美国 生态学家参加第一届拉丁美洲大会， 生态学（1989年12月10日至17日;乌拉圭蒙得维的亚）， 在选定的拉丁美洲大学展示研究成果。 生态学领域以及进化和生物学的相关学科 行为正在发生迅速变化。 与此同时， 国家对气候变化问题的认识， 生物多样性和污染正在产生压力， 生态合理的解决方案，这表明一个不同寻常的 有利的研究环境， 在美国解决问题。 不幸的是，同样是 拉丁美洲不是这样的。 贬值的货币和国家 债务降低了生态学家的能力， 与此同时， 最需要捐助的是解决以下问题， 生物多样性、砍伐森林、流域保护和污染。 这样的生态学家往往无法获得期刊，图书馆，或 同事 有必要提高对以下方面的认识： 拉丁美洲生态学家对最近的发展， 生态学和环境科学。 这样的认知， 对他们自己的国家来说，这是显而易见的好处，但也会有 直接或间接地给美国带来好处。

This award provides funding for fifteen United States ecologists to participate in the First Latin American Congress of Ecology (10-17 December 1989; Montevideo, Uruguay) and to present research results at selected Latin American universities. The field of ecology and the related disciplines of evolution and behavior are undergoing rapid change. At the same time, growing national recognition of the problems of climatic change, biodiversity, and pollution is producing pressure for ecologically-sensible solutions, suggesting an unusually favorable environment for research leading to environmental problem-solving in the United States. Unfortunately, the same is not true of Latin America. Devalued currencies and national debts have reduced the ability of ecologists to follow international developments at the same time that their contributions are most needed in addressing problems such as biodiversity, deforestation watershed protection, and pollution. Such ecologists often lack access to journals, libraries, or colleagues. There exists a need to increase the awareness of Latin American ecologists concerning recent developments in ecology and environmental science. Such awareness would have obvious benefits to their own countries, but it would also have direct and indirect benefits to the United States.