Collaborative Research Network - A Network for Global Change Research in the Americas

美洲全球变化研究所（IAI）是根据1992年5月13日在蒙得维的亚签署的《建立美洲全球变化研究所协定》建立的。 IAI的成立是为了协调和促进与美洲全球变化有关的科学研究。 研究所有一个不断发展的科学议程，确定了具体的研究领域。美国在IAI的创建过程中发挥了主导作用，并自IAI创建以来一直是其积极参与者。 国际天文学协会建议根据美洲科学界在过去五年举行的一系列会议上确定的科学议程执行一项研究计划，并得到成员国的同意。 科学议程是对美国全球变化研究计划的研究重点的补充。 IAI将监督14个研究团队，总计98个独立的研究机构，这些研究机构将对科学议程项目进行合作研究。 这14个小组由以下机构领导，将开展以下项目：1. Centro de Investigaciones Scientificas y de Educacion上级de Ensenada（墨西哥）：东太平洋沿海和海洋区域全球变化研究联合会2。Escuela Politecnica del文学的（厄瓜多尔）：气候多变性的多目标研究，以减轻贸易融合气候复杂地区的影响3。佛罗里达国际大学（美国）：安第斯亚马逊河分析和管理项目4。奥斯瓦尔多·克鲁斯基金会（巴西）：热带美洲气候多变性和人类健康影响的诊断和预测5。斯克里普斯海洋学研究所/位于圣地亚哥的加州大学（美国）：自然生态系统中紫外线-B辐射的增强是由于臭氧层的发展造成的额外扰动6。拉丁美洲防灾社会研究网（秘鲁）：拉丁美洲厄尔尼诺/南方涛动灾害风险管理：从社会角度加强比较研究、信息和培训区域网络的建议7。墨西哥自治大学（墨西哥）：墨西哥、中美洲和加勒比地区的气候多变性及其影响8。布宜诺斯艾利斯大学（阿根廷）：建立一个合作研究网络，研究区域气候多变性和变化及其在南方共同市场地区的预测和影响9。布宜诺斯艾利斯大学（阿根廷）：生物多样性对生态系统功能的影响：美洲的比较10。安第斯山脉大学（委内瑞拉）：全球变化对两个热带生态系统：高山和季节性稀树草原植被影响的比较研究11。圣保罗大学（巴西）：西南南极洲全球和气候变化研究国际联合会12.佛罗里达大学（美国）：亚马逊河流域的牛、土地使用和森林砍伐：比较研究13。萨斯喀彻温大学（加拿大）：半干旱美洲土地利用变化下的生物地球化学循环14。西安大略大学（加拿大）：从树木环境评估美洲现在、过去和未来的气候变化小组是根据提交的建议书挑选的，这些建议书采用同行审查制度进行了技术评价。其中12个团队有美国科学家作为共同研究者参与，所有团队都有美国科学家作为附属研究人员间接参与。 这项研究的结果将通过与互联网相连的电子数据和信息系统提供给美国科学界，作为美国资助的条件。 国际空间研究所的活动还得到《建立国际空间研究所协定》其他缔约方的额外支持：阿根廷、玻利维亚、巴西、加拿大、哥伦比亚、哥斯达黎加、智利、古巴、多米尼加共和国、厄瓜多尔、危地马拉、牙买加、墨西哥、巴拿马、巴拉圭、秘鲁、乌拉圭和委内瑞拉。 这种额外的支持采取的形式是对IAI预算的直接捐款、实物捐助或在提交提案时以调查员工资、运输时间、计算机时间、后勤支持等形式作出的实物捐助认捐。

The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) was created by the Agreement Establishing the Inter American Institute for Global Change Research, done at Montevideo on May 13, 1992. The IAI was created to coordinate and promote scientific research related to global change in the Americas. The Institute has an evolving Scientific Agenda identifying particular areas for research. The US has played a leading role in the creation of the IAI and has been an active participant in the IAI since its creation. The IAI proposes to carry out a plan of research according to a Science Agenda that has been defined by the scientific community of the Americas in a series of meetings held over the last five years, and has been agreed upon by the member States. The Scientific Agenda is complementary to the research priorities of the US Global Change Research Program. The IAI will supervise fourteen research teams that in total sum ninety-eight separate research institutions that will carry out Collaborative research on Scientific Agenda items. The fourteen teams are led by the following institutions, and will carry out the following projects:1. Centro de Investigaciones Cientificas y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada (Mexico): An Eastern Pacific Consortium for Research on Global Change in Coastal and Oceanic Regions2. Escuela Politecnica del Litoral (Ecuador): Multi Objective Study of Climate Variability for Impact Mitigation in the Trade Convergence Climate Complex Region 3. Florida International University (USA): Andean Amazon Rivers Analysis and Management (AARAM) Project4. Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz (Brazil): Diagnostics and Prediction of Climate Variability and Human Health Impacts in the Tropical Americas5. Scripps Institute of Oceanography/University of California at San Diego (USA): Enhanced Ultraviolet-B Radiation in Natural Ecosystems as an Added Perturbation Due to Ozone Development6. The Network for Social Studies on Disaster Prevention in Latin America (Peru): ENSO Disaster Risk Management in Latin America: A Proposal for the Consolidation of a Regional Network for Comparative Research, Information and Training from a Social Perspective7. Universidad Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico): Climate Variability and its Impacts in the Mexican, Central American and Caribbean Regions8. Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina): Development of a Collaborative Research Network for the Study of Regional Climate Variability and Changes, their Prediction and Impact in the MERCOSUR Area9. Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina): The Effects of Biodiversity on Ecosystem Functioning: A Comparison Across the Americas10. Universidad de los Andes (Venezuela): Comparative Studies of Global Change Effects on the Vegetation of Two Tropical Ecosystems: the High Mountain and the Seasonal Savanna11. Universidade do Sao Paulo (Brazil): An InternationalConsortium for the Study of Global and Climate Changes in the Western South Atlantic12. University of Florida (USA): Cattle, Land Use and Deforestation in the Amazon: A Comparative Study13. University of Saskatchewan (Canada): Biogeochemical Cycles Under Land Use Change in the Semiarid Americas 14. University of Western Ontario (Canada): The Assessment of Present, Past and Future Climate Variability in the Americas from Treeline EnvironmentsThe teams were selected on the basis of submitted proposals evaluated for technical merit using a peer-review system. Twelve of these teams have US scientists involved as co-Investigators, and all have US scientists indirectly involved as affiliated researchers. Results from this research will be available to the US scientific community, as a condition of US funding, through an electronic data and information system connected to the Internet. The IAI receives additional support for its activities from the other Parties to the Agreement Establishing the IAI: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. This additional support takes the form of direct contributions to the IAI Budget, in-kind contributions, or in-kind contribution pledges made at the time of proposal submission in the form of investigator salaries, ship-time, computer time, logistical support, etc.