US-Mozambique Workshop: Integrated Analysis and Management of Renewable Resources, Maputo, Mozambique, June 6-11, 1999

该奖项支持1999年6月6日至11日在莫桑比克马普塔举行的美国-莫桑比克可再生资源综合分析与管理研讨会的9名美国参与者。还有20名莫桑比克与会者，包括来自Eduardo Mondlane大学的研究人员、资源管理人员和政策制定者。联合组织者是弗吉尼亚大学环境科学系的Paul V. Desanker教授和Eduardo Mondlane大学农学和林业工程学院的Luisa Santos教授。讲习班的目的是开始制订一个综合评价框架，以分析不同的自然资源管理备选办法，并确定对国际合作研究具有共同重要性的题目。莫桑比克从长期的武装冲突（1994年结束）中恢复，以及经济复苏和发展计划的启动，导致了农业和林业生产的集约化，对自然资源的需求增加。由于这些事件，莫桑比克正在经历许多土地利用变化，一些地区现在面临环境退化的危险。莫桑比克的许多研究人员、资源管理者和政策制定者都参与了自然资源可持续管理和开发的项目和政策的制定，但目前跨学科共享的信息很少。这个多学科讲习班将介绍农业、农林业、林业、水文学、土地利用变化和生态后果以及综合评估模型等领域的研究活动。该研讨会将使美国与会者了解莫桑比克丰富的土地、水、森林和野生动物资源，其中大多数从未被美国研究人员研究过。此外，综合建模框架的创建将为莫桑比克的研究人员、资源管理者和政策制定者提供宝贵的帮助，用于制定科学上可行的资源管理和可持续发展计划。此外，全世界的科学家将有机会获得关于莫桑比克自然资源的新知识，以及土地利用变化的生态和社会影响。该项目支持一名美国研究生和两名初级研究人员的参与。

9819930DesankerThis award supports nine US participants in the US-Mozambique Workshop on Integrated Analysis and Management of Renewable Resources, in Maputa, Mozambique, June 6-11, 1999. There will also be 20 Mozambican participants, including researchers from Eduardo Mondlane University, resource managers, and policy makers. The co-organizers are Professor Paul V. Desanker, of the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Virginia, and Professor Luisa Santos, of the Faculty of Agronomy and Forestry Engineering at Eduardo Mondlane University. The purposes of the workshop are to begin development of an integrated assessment framework to analyze different natural resource management options, and to identify topics of mutual importance for international collaborative research.Both Mozambique's recovery from a prolonged period of armed conflict (which ended in 1994), and the initiation of programs for economic recovery and development, have led to the intensification of agricultural and forestry production and increased demands on its natural resources. As a result of these events, Mozambique is experiencing many land use changes, and some areas are now at risk for environmental degradation. Many Mozambican researchers, resource managers, and policy makers are involved in the establishment of programs and policies for the sustainable management and development of its natural resources, but currently little information is shared across disciplines. This multidisciplinary workshop will include presentations on research activities in the fields of agriculture, agroforestry, forestry, hydrology, land use change and the ecological consequences, and integrated assessment modeling. The workshop will enable the US participants to learn about Mozambique's multitude of land, water, forest, and wildlife resources, most of which have never been studied by US researchers. Additionally, the creation of an integrated modeling framework will be a valuable aid for Mozambican researchers, resource managers, and policy makers to use in the development of scientifically viable resource management and sustainable development programs. Further, researchers worldwide will have access to new knowledge about Mozambique's natural resources, as well as the ecological and societal impacts of land use changes. The project supports the participation of one US graduate student and two junior investigators.