US-Peru Workshop: Adapting to a World Without Glaciers;Lima, Peru, July, 2009

这个美国-秘鲁奖将支持一个研讨会，重点是全球气候变化时代热带冰川的衰退，以及这种变化对水资源的影响将对社会的脆弱阶层造成的影响。研讨会将于2009年7月在秘鲁利马和华雷斯举行，将由美国国际开发署共同资助，作为美国国家科学基金会-美国国际开发署谅解备忘录的一部分。研讨会由乔治亚大学的Robert Rhodes博士与秘鲁山地研究所安第斯计划的Jorge Recharte博士合作组织，将侧重于(A)水资源管理对长期规划和适应气候变化的重要性，(B)变化如何影响依赖冰川维持生计的山区生活的方方面面，以及(C)确定优先研究、合作和试点项目倡议。此外，美国国际开发署/秘鲁将为实施讲习班中确定的高度优先项目提供赠款。此外，秘鲁国家科学委员会？S国家科学委员会将把会议成果转化为国家研究政策和行动。研讨会将汇集来自美国和秘鲁以及玻利维亚、厄瓜多尔、法国、尼泊尔、荷兰和巴基斯坦的研究人员、研究生、实践者和政策制定者。研讨会的成果将导致对提高山区下游对气候变化的认识的系统的新见解。此外，NSF、美国国际开发署和参与国感兴趣的新的跨学科研究和实地项目将是这次研讨会的成果。

Abstract0924903: Robert Rhodes, University of GeorgiaThis U.S.-Peru award will support a workshop focused on the recession of tropical glaciers in an era of global climate change and the subsequent impacts on water resources such changes will have for vulnerable segments of society. The workshop will be held in July 2009 in Lima and Huarez, Peru, and will be co-funded by USAID as part of the NSF-USAID MOU. Organized by Dr. Robert Rhodes of the University of Georgia in collaboration with Dr. Jorge Recharte from the Andeans Program of the Mountain Institute in Peru, the workshop will focus on (a) the importance of water resources management for long-range planning and climate change adaptation, (b) how changes could affect those aspects of life in the mountains that depend on glaciers for sustenance, and (c) the identification of priority research, collaboration, and pilot project initiatives. Furthermore, USAID/Peru will provide grants for implementation of high-priority projects identified in the workshop. Additionally, CONCYTEC, Peru?s National Science Council, will channel results of the conference to national research policies and actions. The workshop will bring together a diverse community of researchers, graduate students, practioners, and policy makers from the United States and Peru as well as Bolivia, Ecuador, France, Nepal, Netherlands, and Pakistan. Outcomes from the workshop will lead to new insights regarding systems that increase downstream awareness for climate change in mountain regions. Additionally, new interdisciplinary research and field projects of interest to NSF, USAID, and the participating countries will be an outcome of this workshop.