US-Mauritius Workshop: Integrated Analysis and Management of Natural Resources: The Mauritius Context

美国-毛里求斯研讨会：自然资源综合分析和管理：毛里求斯背景

• 批准号: 0096812
• 负责人: Matthias Ruth
• 金额: $ 3.28万
• 依托单位: University of Maryland, College Park
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-03-01 至 2003-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0096812&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; Mauritius; Workshop; Integrated; Analysis

0096812RuthThis award supports ten US participants in the US-Mauritius Workshop on Integrated Analysis and Management of Natural Resources: The Mauritius Context, in Reduit, Mauritius, from June 25-29, 2001. There will be approximately seventeen additional participants from Mauritius, including researchers from the University of Mauritius, resource managers, and policy makers, as well as a marine conservationist from Kenya. Representatives of funding organizations and observers from SADC (Southern African Development Community) will also attend. The participants represent a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines, including: biology, industrial ecology, agronomy, hydrology, geography, and oceanography. The co-organizers are Professor Matthias Ruth, of the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland; Dr. Arjoon Suddhoo, Executive Director of the Mauritius Research Council; and Dr. Indurall Fagoonee, Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University of Mauritius. The purpose of the workshop is to initiate an integrated analysis of the country's natural resources and their uses, identify resource conservation measures, and prepare a long-term research and education program.Mauritius, with its small size, remote location, large population, and limited resource base, is a microcosm of the social and environmental issues that are being encountered elsewhere in the world. Continued economic development and population growth have adversely affected its land and marine resources, and these pressures are expected to significantly increase over the next decade. Furthermore, its extensive coastline makes it susceptible to climate change-induced sea level rise, which will also adversely affect its natural resources. Additionally, the once expanding Mauritian economy is now being threatened by other countries who can provide the same products at a cheaper price. Mauritius is now considering the provision of high-value items and services, such as textiles and tourism, and its policy makers want any such expansion to be based on the sustainable development of its human and natural resources. This workshop will concentrate on four key issues and the interrelationships among them: 1) Physical Infrastructure Development; 2) Water Resources; 3) Land Use and Agriculture, and 4) Marine Systems. In addition two cross-cutting research themes, Island Streams and Industrial Ecology, will be explored in detail. Workshop participants will synthesize and organize existing data on the natural resources in Mauritius, and develop a framework for the integrated analysis of that data. Graphical computer modeling tools will be used to organize and display information and to develop and execute the models that deal with these issues. The workshop will include field visits to a national environmental reserve. University of Mauritius faculty and students will also give poster sessions at the workshop. Few US researchers have collaborated with any Mauritian colleagues, and the co-organizers expect this workshop to promote the development of linkages which will lead to future cooperative research activities. Workshop results will also enable researchers worldwide to gain new knowledge about natural resources and their use in Mauritius, as well as information on the ecological and societal impacts of land use changes. The project supports the participation of one US graduate and two junior investigators.This workshop is jointly supported by the Division of International Programs, the Division of Environmental Biology, and the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences.

0096812Ruththis Award在2001年6月25日至29日，在毛里求斯的毛里求斯综合分析和管理综合分析和管理的美国参与者：毛里求斯的背景。 南部非洲南部非洲发展社区的资助组织和观察员的代表也将参加。 参与者代表了广泛的科学学科，包括：生物学，工业生态学，农学，水文学，地理和海洋学。共同组织者是马里兰大学公共事务学院的Matthias Ruth教授；毛里求斯研究委员会执行董事Arjoon Suddhoo博士；以及毛里求斯大学亲副总理Indurall Fagoonee博士。 研讨会的目的是对该国的自然资源及其用途进行综合分析，确定资源保护措施，并准备长期的研究和教育计划。Mauritius拥有较小的规模，偏远的位置，人口庞大和资源基础，是世界上其他地方所经历的社会和环境问题的微观。 持续的经济发展和人口增长对其土地和海洋资源产生了不利影响，预计在未来十年中，这些压力将大大增加。此外，其广泛的海岸线使其容易受到气候变化引起的海平面上升的影响，这也会对其自然资源产生不利影响。 此外，现在曾经不断扩大的毛里求斯经济正受到可以以廉价价格提供相同产品的其他国家的威胁。 毛里求斯现在正在考虑提供高价值的物品和服务，例如纺织品和旅游业，其政策制定者希望任何这种扩展基于其人力和自然资源的可持续发展。 该研讨会将集中于四个关键问题以及其中的相互关系：1）物理基础设施发展； 2）水资源； 3）土地利用和农业，以及4）海洋系统。 此外，还将详细探讨两个横切研究主题，即岛流和工业生态学。 研讨会的参与者将综合并组织有关毛里求斯自然资源的现有数据，并为该数据的集成分析开发一个框架。 图形计算机建模工具将用于组织和显示信息，并开发和执行处理这些问题的模型。 该研讨会将包括对国家环境保护区的实地考察。 毛里求斯大学的教职员工还将在研讨会上进行海报会议。 很少有美国研究人员与任何毛里求斯同事合作，共同组织者希望该研讨会促进联系的发展，这将导致未来的合作研究活动。 研讨会的结果还将使全世界的研究人员能够获得有关自然资源及其在毛里求斯的使用的新知识，以及有关土地使用变化的生态和社会影响的信息。该项目支持一名美国毕业生和两名初级调查人员的参与。该研讨会由国际计划，环境生物学系以及行为和认知科学司共同支持。