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名科学家提供旅费支持，他们将在题为“首届DIVERSITAS开放科学会议：将生物多样性科学融入人类福祉”的生物多样性科学国际会议上展示他们的研究。DIVERSITAS是一个国际项目，旨在鼓励生物、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，并为生物多样性的保护和可持续利用提供科学基础。这次会议将于2005年11月9日至12日在墨西哥瓦哈卡举行，它已被组织为一个协调的计划，包括10次专题全体会议、22次邀请发言者的专题讨论会和至少20次论文和海报会议。该奖项支持的30位演讲者将在美国主办的五个专题研讨会上展示他们的研究成果，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)生物多样性的系统发育和模式随时间和景观的变化；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。该奖项还将支持来自发展中国家的五位科学家的旅行，这些科学家通过竞争被选出来展示他们的研究。本次会议的目标是：通过确保国际科学界的参与，首先是会议本身，然后是随后参与DIVERSITAS的网络和活动，为生物多样性科学做出强有力的贡献。-促进传播过去和现在的多样性项目成果，并通过发表针对科学界和政策界的论文，在这些成果的基础上阐明未来的优先事项。-通过利用专题讨论会发起科学家和决策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，加强全球改善生态和人类福祉的努力。开放科学会议将提供一个全面的生物多样性科学现状的全球概述和国际研究的未来方向。这是DIVERSITAS长期战略的一部分，旨在提高全球理解、预测和评估影响生态系统功能和人类健康的生物多样性变化的能力。会议将讨论如何在《生物多样性公约》的区域和全球背景下，使科学知识与阻止生物多样性丧失的政策制定更加相关。组织者预计，这次会议将通过一场强有力的宣传运动，以及为普通读者编写的出版物，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建立国际交流渠道的机会，以加强生物多样性科学，并鼓励美国科学家更多地参与DIVERSITAS的研究项目。这次会议由美国和墨西哥国家多样性委员会共同主办，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.