U.S.-Africa Workshop on Fresh and Brackish Water Fishes: Collaborative Approaches to Biodiversity and Conservation, Nov. 15-20, 1993, Dakar, Senegal

小行星9318355 非洲和美国科学家将参加一个名为PARADI（Poissons Africains： 生物多样性的作用和应用），讨论非洲淡水和半咸水鱼类问题。 该研讨会由塞内加尔、南非和欧洲（法国和比利时）的五个组织组成的联盟赞助，并有一个国际科学委员会，其中包括美国P.I.，美国自然历史博物馆的Melanie Stiassny博士，来自多个机构、学科和国家。 讲习班的目的是召集来自广泛的跨学科领域的积极研究人员，以确定非洲渔业生物学的共同科学和养护主题。 讲习班将从生物多样性的角度审查整个大陆的现有数据，并为方案和国际研究合作及教育指明方向。 预计总共约有24个非洲国家将派代表参加。 美国国家科学基金会的资金将支持来自尼日利亚、塞拉利昂、坦桑尼亚和马达加斯加的非洲科学家，以及来自全国各地一些机构的美国研究人员，包括研究生和初级教师的参与。 该讲习班将促进交流，以建立关于非洲淡水动物的所需基线数据，除裂谷湖泊外，对非洲淡水动物的研究相对不足。 除了对生物多样性的贡献外，这种研究对于非洲许多国家的可持续发展至关重要，有助于维持其渔业。 该项目可能会成为非洲和美国研究人员建立研究网络的催化剂，其中包括一些处于职业生涯早期阶段的男性和女性，他们可能会在未来几十年内寻求合作。 ***

9318355 Stiassny African and U.S. scientists will attend a workshop called PARADI (Poissons Africains: Role et Applications del la Diversity Biologique), to be held in Dakar, Senegal, November 15-20 1993, on African fresh and brackish water fishes. The workshop is sponsored by a coalition of five organizations, in Senegal, South Africa, and Europe (France and Belgium), with an international scientific board which includes participants, such as the U.S. P.I., Dr. Melanie Stiassny of the American Museum of Natural History, from a wide range of institutions, disciplines, and countries. The purpose of the workshop is to convene active researchers from a wide interdisciplinary range, to identify common scientific and conservation themes for African fisheries biology. The Workshop will review available data from a biological diversity perspective on a continent-wide basis and map directions for programs and international research collaborations and education. In all, some 24 African countries are expected to be represented. NSF funding will support the participation of African scientists from Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Madagascar, and US researchers from a number of institutions throughout the country, including graduate students and junior faculty members. This workshop will stimulate interchange to establish needed baseline data on freshwater fauna of Africa, an area which has been relatively understudied, aside from the rift valley lakes. In addition to its contribution to biodiversity, such research is vital to sustainable development in many countries of Africa for maintenance of their fisheries. This project is likely to serve as a catalyst for the establishment of research networks among African and US researchers, including some men and women how at early stages in their careers, who may pursue collaborative efforts for decades to come. ***