Collaborative Research: Multi-Taxa Inventory of Threatened Conservation Areas in Vietnam

9870232英镑(注：合作--摘要等同于HARDER，9870231)越南政府希望到2005年大幅扩大保护区系统的规模。随着它们继续进入市场经济，自然资源的利用和保护之间不可避免地会出现冲突。为此，美国自然历史博物馆和密苏里州植物园的生物多样性和保护中心已与生态和生物资源研究所以及河内越南国立大学合作，共同开发保护越南最重要和最濒危的生态系统所需的知识和专门知识。我们的项目旨在对关键生态系统中鲜为人知的植物和动物进行清点，以评估它们对保护的重要性。在这些相同的关键领域，我们将研究人口增长、文化习俗对生物资源的影响，以及土地利用，以预测资源利用未来将如何以及何时对这些地区产生影响。然后，我们将就重点地区的保护措施向政府提出建议。作为该计划的一部分，我们还将启动联合培训、教育和机构发展计划，以提高越南国内在未来继续进行此类研究的能力。

9870232 Sterling (NOTE: Collaborative - abstract identical to Harder, 9870231) The Government of Viet Nam hopes to substantially increase the size of their protected area system by the year 2005. As they continue to enter the market economy, inevitable conflicts arise between use and conservation of natural resources. For this reason, the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History and the Missouri Botanical Garden have joined with the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources and the Viet Nam National University in Ha Noi to to develop the knowledge and expertise necessary to protect Viet Nam's most important and endangered ecosystems. Our project aims to conduct inventories of plants and little-known animals in key ecosystems in order to assess their importance for conservation. In these same key areas, we will study population growth, cultural practices as they impinge on biological resources, and land use to predict how and when resource use will impact the areas in the future. We will then formulate recommendations to the government regarding conservation measures for the key areas. As part of this program, we will also initiate joint training, education and institutional development programs to increase the capacity within Viet Nam to pursue such studies in the future.