First DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference: Integrating Biodiversity Science for Human Well Being (Oaxaca, Mexico - 11/9/05 -11/12/05)

该奖项为35名科学家提供差旅支持，让他们在题为“首届DIVERSITAS开放科学会议：整合生物多样性科学为人类福祉”的国际生物多样性科学会议上展示他们的研究成果。DIVERSITAS是一个国际计划，鼓励生物、生态和社会科学领域的合作研究，以产生与社会相关的新知识，并为保护和可持续利用生物多样性提供科学基础。会议将于2005年11月9日至12日在墨西哥瓦哈卡举行，会议的协调方案包括10次专题全体会议、22次专题讨论会和至少20次投稿的论文和海报会议。该奖项支持的30位演讲者将在五个由美国赞助的研讨会上介绍他们的研究成果，这些研讨会涵盖以下主题：1)获取、监测和管理生物多样性丧失的遥感技术；2)生物多样性随时间和跨景观的系统发展和模式；3)淡水生物多样性；4)农业生物多样性；5)作物授粉服务：经济和人类影响。他们将代表来自世界各地不同地区的广泛观点，并将包括来自发展中国家的五名科学家。该奖项还将资助来自发展中国家的五名科学家的旅行，这些科学家被竞争性地挑选出来展示他们的研究。这次会议的目标是：-通过确保国际科学界的参与，首先是会议本身，然后通过参与DIVERSITAS的网络和活动，为生物多样性科学作出强有力的贡献。-通过发表针对科学界和政策界的论文，促进传播过去和当前的DIVERSITAS方案成果，并根据这些成果阐明未来的优先事项。-通过利用研讨会启动科学家和政策制定者之间关于加强对生物多样性政策的科学贡献的讨论，阐明更强有力的科学政策方法。-建立新的国际合作，以加强全球努力，改善生态和人类福祉。开放科学会议将提供关于生物多样性科学现状和未来国际研究方向的全面全球概述。这是DIVERSITAS长期战略的一部分，目的是提高全球理解、预测和评估生物多样性变化的能力，这些变化将影响生态系统的功能和人类健康。会议将讨论如何在《生物多样性公约》的区域和全球范围内，使科学知识与停止生物多样性丧失的政策制定更加相关。主办方预计，这次会议将通过一场强有力的沟通活动，以及为普通受众撰写的出版物，帮助公众了解生物多样性变化和丧失的后果。此外，这次会议将提供一个机会，建立国际交流渠道，加强生物多样性科学，并鼓励美国科学家更多地参与DIVERSITAS的研究计划。这次会议由美国和墨西哥DIVERSITAS国家委员会联合主办，预计将吸引来自各大洲的500多名科学家。该奖项由美国国家科学基金会国际科学与工程办公室共同资助。

This award provides travel support for 35 scientists to present their research at an international conference on biodiversity science entitled, "First DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference: Integrating Biodiversity Science for Human Well Being." DIVERSITAS is an international program that encourages collaborative research in the biological, ecological, and social sciences to produce socially relevant new knowledge and to provide the scientific basis for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. The conference, to be held in Oaxaca, Mexico from November 9-12, 2005, has been organized as a coordinated program of 10 thematic plenary sessions, 22 symposia with invited speakers, and at least 20 contributed paper and poster sessions. Thirty of the speakers supported by this award will present their research in five U.S.-sponsored symposia covering the following topics: 1) Remote sensing technologies to access, monitor, and manage biodiversity loss, 2) Phylogeny and patterns of biodiversity through time and across landscapes, 3) Freshwater biodiversity, 4) Agricultural biodiversity, and 5) Crop pollination services: economic and human impact. They will represent a breadth of perspectives from various regions throughout the world and will include five scientists from developing countries. The award will also support the travel of five scientists from developing countries competitively selected to present their research. The goals of this conference are: - To make a strong contribution to biodiversity science by ensuring the participation of the international scientific community, first in the conference itself and then by subsequent involvement in the networks and activities of DIVERSITAS. - To promote dissemination of past and current DIVERSITAS program results and to articulate priorities for the future based on these results through published papers aimed at both scientific and policy communities. - To articulate stronger scientific approaches to policy by using the symposia to initiate discussions between scientists and policy makers on strengthening scientific contributions to biodiversity policy. - To forge new international collaborations that will enhance global efforts to improve ecological and human well being.The Open Science Conference will provide a comprehensive global overview of the current status of biodiversity science and future directions for international research. It is part of a long-term strategy by DIVERSITAS to increase global capabilities for understanding, predicting, and assessing biodiversity changes that will impact the function of ecosystems and human health. The conference will include discussions about how to make scientific knowledge more relevant to policy development in halting biodiversity loss within the regional and global contexts of the Convention of Biological Diversity. The organizers anticipate that the conference will help educate the public about the consequences of biodiversity change and loss through a strong communication campaign with resulting publications written for general audiences. Additionally, this conference will provide an opportunity to create lines of international communication that should strengthen biodiversity science and encourage greater participation by U.S. scientists in the research programs of DIVERSITAS. The conference is being co-hosted by the U.S. and Mexican National Committees for DIVERSITAS and is expected to attract over 500 scientists from all continents. This award waas co-funded by NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering.