Workshops to Articulate and Disseminate Research Priorities in Tropical Biology

近年来，关于热带生物群和生态系统的知识有了很大的扩展。与此同时，热带生物学的范围也扩大到包括土地利用变化和栖息地丧失的社会和经济层面。热带生物学家也开始为生态系统的保护和管理提供政策投入。热带生物学协会(ATB)与其他组织合作，规划了一个阐明热带生物学研究并确定其优先次序的进程。这一进程的目标是审查热带生物学的最新发展，并确定未来研究的优先事项。这一研讨会奖项将支持包括研究生在内的美国科学家参加2002年7月在巴拿马举行的ATB年会这一重要的国际会议。自然和社会科学家以及政策制定者将出席这次会议。美国科学家的参与将有利于美国科学家和来自热带国家的科学家促进短期和长期的科学合作。

Knowledge of tropical biota and ecosystems has expanded greatly in recent years. At the same time, the scope of tropical biology has also broadened to include social and economic dimensions of land use change and habitat loss. Tropical biologists have also started to make policy inputs to conservation and management of ecosystems. The Association for Tropical Biology (ATB), in collaboration with other organizations, has planned a process to articulate and prioritize research in tropical biology. The goals of the process are to review recent developments in tropical biology and to define priorities for future research. This workshop award will support participation of U.S. scientists, including graduate students, to attend a major international conference, the Annual Meeting of the ATB in Panama in July, 2002. This conference will be attended by natural and social scientists as well as policy makers. The participation of U.S. scientists will benefit U.S. scientists and those from tropical countries to promote scientific collaboration in the short- and long-term.