Improvement and Expansion at Centre ValBio Research Station, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

纽约州立大学石溪分校被授予一项重大合同，用于扩建ValBio中心研究站(CVB)的研究站设施，包括一个额外的实验室空间、一个计算机培训实验室和住宅空间。研究中心的建设已经开始，一楼已经完成，资金来自石溪大学和私人捐款。这项合同将使该建筑的上层建筑竣工。CVB站的这一新阶段的建设是多年规划和实施过程的结果，目的是为多个用户和不断变化的需求提供灵活的设施，从为当地村民举办工作坊和学生培训到支持大型研究项目。CVB位于马达加斯加的拉诺马法纳国家公园(RNP)，它覆盖了马达加斯加东南部43,500公顷的雨林。在过去的五年里，超过650名教职员工级别的研究人员和学生，其中许多来自美国大学，在RNP进行了研究。在CVB工作期间，在著名期刊和编辑卷上发表了近450篇学术论文，发表了34篇博士论文，发表了130篇S硕士论文。CVB是马达加斯加最重要的雨林研究、教育和培训中心，也是唯一一个拥有一座以上永久建筑的研究站。国际(非马达加斯加)研究人员的人数从2003年的每年102人增加到2007年的每年235人。

The State University of New York at Stony Brook is awarded a grand to expand the Centre ValBio Research Station (CVB) research station facilities to include an additional laboratory space, a computer training lab and residential space. Construction of the research center has already begun and the first floor has been completed with funds provided by Stony Brook University and private donations. This award will enable completion of the superstructure of the building. This new phase of construction at the CVB station is the result of a multi-year planning and implementation process to provide flexible facilities for multiple users and changing needs, ranging from workshops for local villagers and student training to supporting large scale research initiatives. CVB is located in Ranomafana National Park (RNP), Madagascar, which covers 43,500 ha of rainforest in southeastern Madagascar. Over 650 faculty-level researchers and students, many from US universities, have conducted research at RNP during the last five years. Work at CVB has resulted in nearly 450 scholarly publications in prestigious journals and edited volumes, 34 PhD dissertations, and 130 Master?s theses. CVB is the most important center for rainforest research, education and training and the only research station with more than one permanent building in Madagascar. Numbers of international (non-Malagasy) researchers has grown from 102 per year in 2003 to 235 per year in 2007.