South African Resource Analysis Workshop

这个国际讲习班将于1995年7月在南非彼得马里茨堡举行，在资源模拟协会主办的世界资源模拟会议之后举行。来自美国、津巴布韦、莫桑比克、南非、加拿大、澳大利亚、德国和英国的科学家将为“半干旱环境中草食动物-植被相互作用的可持续性”或“南部非洲生态系统的淡水需求”这两个领域之一的合作研究制定科学建议。本次研讨会的协办方包括：加州大学伯克利分校首席研究员Wayne Getz博士；Roland Lamberson博士，合作者，洪堡州立大学；安东尼·斯塔菲尔德博士，合作者，明尼苏达大学圣保罗分校；Norman Owen-Smith博士，合作者，南非威特沃特斯兰德大学；以及南非纳塔尔大学的合作者约翰·赫恩博士。该研讨会将向美国科学家介绍南非的自然资源问题，并将促进美国和南非在资源建模方面的合作。由于南非的自然资源正面临越来越大的压力，讲习班提供了一个及时的手段，以促进国际上对南非资源的了解和利用，并分享国际专门知识。美国国家科学基金会对国际旅行费用的资助将促进资源建模协会成员和不同群体的非洲和美国科学家之间的科学合作，包括美国妇女和少数民族科学家，来自弱势背景的南非人，以及莫桑比克和津巴布韦的研究人员。

This international workshop will be held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in July of 1995, following the World Conference on Resource Modeling, sponsored by the Resource Modeling Association (RMA). Researchers from the US, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Canada, Australia, Germany, and the UK will formulate scientific proposals for collaborative research in one of two areas, `Sustainability in Herbivore-Vegetation Interactions in Semi-Arid Environments` or `Freshwater Requirements for Southern African Ecosystems.` The co-organizers of this workshop include: Dr. Wayne Getz, principal investigator, University of California at Berkeley; Dr. Roland Lamberson, collaborator, Humboldt State University; Dr. Anthony Starfield, collaborator, University of Minnesota at St. Paul; Dr. Norman Owen-Smith, collaborator, University of Witswatersrand in South Africa; and Dr. John Hearne, collaborator, University of Natal in South Africa. This workshop will introduce US scientists to South African natural resource problems, and will catalyze US-South African collaboration in resource modeling. As South Africa is facing increasing pressure on its natural resources, the workshop provides a timely means to facilitate international knowledge of and access to South African resources, and to share international expertise. The NSF funding of the international travel costs will stimulate scientific collaboration among the Resource Modeling Association members and a diverse group of African and US scientists, including US women and minority scientists, South Africans from disadvantaged backgrounds, and Mozambican and Zimbabwean researchers.