Bridges of Science Between North America and the Russian Far East, Conference in Vladivostok, Russia, August 29 - September 2, 1994

该奖项将资助一项努力，以加强美国科学促进会（AAAS）和俄罗斯科学院远东分院之间的合作。他们将共同努力组织一次重大的国际科学会议。题为“北美和俄罗斯远东之间的科学桥梁：过去、现在和未来”的会议将于1994年8月29日至9月2日在符拉迪沃斯托克举行。预计将有100名北美人和150名俄罗斯人参加。在阿拉斯加和俄罗斯远东地区工作的科学家们都非常关心白令陆桥地区的文化和自然历史的保护和保存。白令陆桥拥有独特的、微妙平衡的生态系统，这些生态系统将受到温室变暖最严重和最直接的影响，因此将对该地区土著人民和其他居民的生活产生深远的影响。会议将讨论这些及时的问题，重点关注四个主题；自然资源与环境变化；白令陆桥古生态学的新进展人与文化的发展与适应；沟通与信息交流。会议的结果是，将以英文和俄文出版一份论文集和一份俄罗斯和美国在该区域的机构和科学家名录，并广为散发。这次会议将加强俄罗斯远东地区和北美之间已经开展的科学家对科学家的合作，并提供扩大合作努力的机会。符拉迪沃斯托克的地点将允许俄罗斯科学家广泛参与，并为北美研究人员提供更多的机会，以探索合作研究的潜力，因为俄罗斯的实验室、船只和实地站现在可供西方科学家使用。* * *

9401933 Getzinger This award will fund an effort to increase cooperation between the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. They will work together to organize a major international scientific conference. The meeting, "Bridges of Science Between North America and the Russian Far East: Past, Present, and Future," will be held August 29 - September 2, 1994, in Vladivostok. One Hundred North Americans and 150 Russians are expected to attend. Scientists working in Alaska and the Russian Far East share an intense concern for the protection and preservation of the cultural and natural history in the region called Beringia. Beringia contains unique, delicately balanced ecosystems that stand to receive the most severe and immediate impact of greenhouse warming and, consequently, will have far-reaching efforts on the lives of the indigenous peoples and other inhabitants of the region. The conference will address these timely issues, focusing on the four themes; Natural Resources and Environmental Changes; Paleoecology of Beringia: New Developments; Development and Adaptation of People and Cultures; and Communication and Information Exchange. As a result of the conference, a proceedings volume and a directory of Russian and American institutions and scientists in the region will be published in both English and Russian, and widely disseminated. The conference will strengthen scientist-to-scientist cooperation already underway between the Russian Far East and North America, and present opportunities to expand collaborative efforts. The Vladivostok location will allow for broad participation by Russian scientists and provide North American researchers with enhanced opportunities to explore the potential for cooperative research as Russian laboratories, ships, and field stations are now available to Western scientists. ***