South African Resource Analysis Workshop

这一国际讲习班将在资源建模协会(RMA)主办的世界资源建模会议之后，于1995年7月在南非的皮特马里茨堡举行。来自美国、津巴布韦、莫桑比克、南非、加拿大、澳大利亚、德国和英国的研究人员将为两个领域中的一个领域的合作研究制定科学建议，这两个领域是“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”。此次研讨会的联合组织者包括：加州大学伯克利分校首席研究员韦恩·盖茨博士；洪堡州立大学合作者罗兰·兰伯森博士；明尼苏达大学圣保罗分校合作者安东尼·斯塔菲尔德博士；南非威茨瓦特拉斯大学合作者诺曼·欧文-史密斯博士；约翰·赫恩博士，南非纳塔尔大学的合作者。这次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，以促进国际社会了解和获取南非资源，并分享国际专门知识。NSF为国际旅行费用提供的资金将促进资源建模协会成员与非洲和美国科学家的不同群体之间的科学合作，其中包括美国妇女和少数族裔科学家、南非弱势背景的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.