Planning Workshops for the Development and Implementation of the University of California Natural Reserve System Strategic Plan

位于奥克兰的加州大学获得了规划研讨会的资助，该研讨会开发和实施了加州大学自然保护区系统（UC NRS）战略计划，该计划将通过在整个保护区系统中开发共同的愿景和专业知识来提高UC NRS的科学能力。自1965年以来，UC NRS提供了独特的机会，通过38个自然保护区，研究中心和门户保护区系统研究加州世界知名的多样生态系统，致力于教学，研究和公共服务，占地超过750，000英亩，可访问数百万英亩的联邦土地。UC NRS提供强大的数据，土地，标本和积累的知识遗产，并促进学科的融合和21世纪科学的典型交叉施肥。这些遗产是记录和理解生态系统、区域和全球环境条件、生态过程和生物多样性变化的性质和速度的基本框架。由于加州的人口增长仍然是全国最高的，加州大学NRS是至关重要的，以了解自然现象在多个空间尺度和通知管理国家的资源。许多当今最紧迫的科学问题，包括气候变化和人口增长将如何影响加州的植物和动物物种以及提供基本生态系统服务的生态系统功能。规划一个完全集成的信息学和协作基础设施，以促进更有效的长期，跨站点的综合研究，以全面的科学研究为动力，将利用UC NRS所包含的数据和智力资源的多样性。加州大学自然保护区被加州内各个教育层次的个人和机构充分利用，从K-12到州高等教育系统的所有单位。保护区是学生和教师的重要培训中心，也是各种个人和组织的研究平台，这些个人和组织关心促进对自然环境的理解和欣赏。UC NRS内的研究和教育在学术期刊和书籍，技术报告，会议记录和演示文稿以及从网络到广播，电视，纪录片，报纸和其他传播形式的媒体中广泛宣传。战略规划将有助于确保在加州大学NRS保护区进行的研究和教学使用协作技术，使综合生态科学研究以及知情的资源管理。有关加州大学自然保护区系统的更多信息，请访问：http://nrs.ucop.edu/

The University of California at Oakland is awarded a grant for planning workshops develop and implement the University of California Natural Reserve System (UC NRS) Strategic Plan that will build capacity in the UC NRS to improve science by developing shared vision and expertise across the Reserve System. Since 1965 the UC NRS has offered unique opportunities to study California's world-renowned, diverse ecosystems through a system of 38 natural reserves, research centers and gateway reserves dedicated to teaching, research, and public service and spans more than 750,000 acres with access to millions of additional acres of federal lands. The UC NRS provides strong legacies of data, land, specimens, and accumulated knowledge, and promotes convergence of disciplines and cross-fertilization typical of 21st-century science. Such legacies represent an essential framework for documenting and understanding the nature and pace of ecosystem, regional, and global changes in environmental conditions, ecological processes, and biodiversity. As California's population growth continues to be the highest in the country the UC NRS is critical to understanding natural phenomena at multiple spatial scales and informing stewardship of the state's resources. Many of today's most pressing scientific questions, including how climate change and population growth will affect California's plant and animal species and ecosystem functions providing essential ecosystem services. Planning for a fully integrated informatics and collaboration infrastructure to catalyze more effective long-term, cross-site integrative research motivated by comprehensive scientific studies will capitalize on the diversity of data and intellectual resources encompassed by the UC NRS. The UC Natural Reserves are well utilized by individuals and institutions at every educational level within California, from K-12 up through all units of the state higher education system. The reserves serve as important training centers for students and teachers and as research platforms for a variety of individuals and organizations concerned with advancing understanding and appreciation of the natural environment. Research and education within the UC NRS are widely publicized in scholarly journals and books, technical reports, conference proceedings and presentations, and in media ranging from the web to radio, television, documentaries, newspapers, and other forms of dissemination. Strategic planning will help ensure that research and teaching conducted at the UC NRS reserves uses collaborative technologies that enable integrative ecological science research as well as informed resource management.For more information on the University of California Natural Reserve System please visit: http://nrs.ucop.edu/