Planning and Logistics for IDEAL

东非大裂谷的大湖是地球上最古老的湖泊之一，是居住在这些盆地的土著人的重要资源。它们对气候变化的敏感性、丰富多样的特有物种种群、循环动力学和水柱化学，以及对热带地区过去气候变化的长期、连续、高分辨率记录，在世界上的大型湖泊中是独一无二的。对非洲大湖的全面研究早该进行了。可持续利用这些重要自然资源的社会需求为研究东非的生物食物网、水质和过去的气候变化提供了一个令人信服的理由。这些科学和社会问题促使发起了东非湖泊国际十年（IDEAL）。1993年2月18日至22日在乌干达金贾举行的东非湖泊湖沼学、气候学和古气候学专题讨论会构想并讨论了IDEAL要处理的科学问题。这次会议提出的建议导致了IDEAL科学和实施计划的出版。该奖项为IDEAL内古气候倡议的进一步规划、后勤管理和讲习班提供资金。资金将用于IDEAL美国指导委员会的会议，古气候界与IDEAL内其他科学和培训倡议之间的协调，以及与IDEAL的欧洲和非洲组成部分的协调。＊＊＊

9510042 Johnson The large lakes of the East African Rift Valley are among the oldest on Earth, and are vital resources for the indigenous people populating their basins. They are unique among the large lakes of the world in terms of their sensitivity to climatic change, their rich and diverse populations of endemic species, their circulation dynamics and water-column chemistry, and their long, continuous, high-resolution records of past climatic change in the tropics. A comprehensive study of the large African lakes is long overdue. Societal need for the sustainable utilization of these important natural resources offers a compelling reason for examination of biological food webs, water quality and past climate variability in East Africa. These scientific and societal issues have stimulated the initiation of the International Decade for the East African Lakes (IDEAL). The scientific issues to be addressed by IDEAL were conceived and discussed at the IDEAL Symposium on the Limnology, Climatology and Paleoclimatology of the East African Lakes, held in Jinja, Uganda, February 18-22, 1993. Recommendations from this meeting resulted in the publication of the IDEAL Science and Implementation Plan. This award provides funds for further planning, logistical management and workshops for the paleoclimate initiative within IDEAL. Funds will be used for meetings of the American Steering Committee of IDEAL, coordination between the paleoclimate community and the other scientific and training initiatives within IDEAL, and coordination with European and African components of IDEAL. ***