Conference on Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems: Linking Science and Management and 7th International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions

自然和管理系统中的入侵植物会议：科学与管理的联系暨第七届外来植物入侵生态与管理国际会议

• 批准号: 0331979
• 负责人: Carol Horvitz
• 金额: $ 3.4万
• 依托单位: Ecological Society of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0331979&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Invasive; Plants; Natural; Managed

ABSTRACTThere is substantial current interest in the global environmental problem of invasive non-native species. Concerns about the ecology and management of invasive plants are shared by an array of scientific disciplines and a spectrum of local, state, and federal resource management agencies. Interest in invasive plant problems has been growing steadily over the past decade, but only in the past three years, since the signing of Executive Order 13112, has the problem received broad public recognition and government attention. Previously, there has been little impetus or opportunity for scientists and resource managers to communicate beyond the boundaries of their specific disciplines and training. Now, with significant escalation in both scientific inquiry and management activity occurring, it is an opportune time to foster broad collaborations betweenscientific disciplines and between scientists and resource managers. To address this need for communication and collaboration, a number of scientific societies, non- governmental organizations, academic institutions, and federal agencies are collaborating on a major conference, Invasive Plants in Natural and Managed Systems: Linking Science and Management, to be held in conjunction with the 7 th International Conference on the Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions. This Conference, which is scheduled for November 3-7, 2003, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, will have regional, national and international significance. This award is co-funded by NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering. It is the first conference of such magnitude to have a specific goal of bridging the science-management gap to creatively address the environmental crisis caused by invasive exotic species. Even as the problem is global in scope and origin, so are the negative impacts acutely local, presenting challenges to resource managers everywhere. Scientists want to understand the process; managers need to stop it. They are charged with conserving native ecosystems or managing for a harvestable product and the invasion process exacerbates these efforts. The Conference is particularly timely with respect to both public awareness and scientific development of the field of invasion biology. The three primary goals of the Conference are:1) To promote interdisciplinary exchange of scientific information among researchers working with harmful invasive plants in both managed and natural ecosystems.2) To enhance dialogue between scientists and resource managers for the purpose of identifying research gaps and of accelerating implementation of new science for the management of invasive plants.3) To foster broad cooperation on the science and management of invasive plants.To our knowledge previous meetings on invasion biology have not approached the breadth or depth of the conference that is now being planned. By and large, earlier meetings were limited in their scope of science, geography or target audience. None have had the stated or apparent objective of being a national/international meeting to integrate multiple scientific disciplines or enhance dialogue between scientists and resource managers.

摘要外来入侵物种的全球性环境问题是当前的热点问题。对入侵植物的生态学和管理的关注是由一系列科学学科和一系列地方，州和联邦资源管理机构共享的。在过去的十年里，对入侵植物问题的兴趣一直在稳步增长，但只有在过去的三年里，自13112号行政命令签署以来，这个问题才得到公众的广泛认可和政府的关注。以前，科学家和资源管理人员很少有动力或机会超越其具体学科和培训的界限进行交流。现在，随着科学探究和管理活动的显著升级，这是一个促进科学学科之间以及科学家和资源管理者之间广泛合作的有利时机。为了满足这种交流和合作的需要，一些科学协会、非政府组织、学术机构和联邦机构正在合作举办一个重要的会议，“自然和管理系统中的入侵植物：科学与管理的联系”，将与第七届外来植物入侵生态学和管理国际会议一起举行。这次会议定于2003年11月3日至7日在佛罗里达的劳德代尔堡举行，将具有区域、国家和国际意义。该奖项由NSF国际科学与工程办公室共同资助。 这是第一次如此规模的会议，其具体目标是弥合科学管理差距，创造性地解决外来入侵物种造成的环境危机。尽管这一问题的范围和根源是全球性的，但其负面影响也是地方性的，给各地的资源管理人员带来了挑战。科学家想要了解这一过程，管理者需要阻止这一过程，他们负责保护当地生态系统或管理可收获的产品，而入侵过程加剧了这些努力。这次会议对于公众认识和入侵生物学领域的科学发展都是特别及时的。会议的三个主要目标是：1）促进在管理和自然生态系统中从事有害入侵植物研究的研究人员之间的科学信息的跨学科交流。2）加强科学家和资源管理人员之间的对话，以确定研究差距和加速实施入侵植物管理的新科学。3）促进入侵植物科学和管理方面的广泛合作。据我们所知，以前关于入侵生物学的会议没有达到现在计划的会议的广度和深度。总的来说，以前的会议在科学、地理或目标受众方面都很有限。没有一次会议的明确或明显目标是成为一次国家/国际会议，以整合多个科学学科或加强科学家与资源管理者之间的对话。