Pathways: Forest Science Dialogues

途径：森林科学对话

• 批准号: 1322871
• 负责人: Sarah Garlick
• 金额: $ 26.51万
• 依托单位: Hubbard Brook Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-02-15 至 2017-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1322871&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pathways; Forest; Science; Dialogues

This Pathways project, led by Hubbard Brook Research Foundation (HBRF), develops and pilots a model to foster engagement and learning among diverse stakeholders related to timely ecosystem, social, economic, and policy issues in rural regions of New England's Northern Forest. As such, this project seeks to serve as a model for how other rural areas across the US that have pressing concerns that relate to science, technology, mathematics, and engineering (STEM) may partner with scientists, community members, and local organizations to better understand and become involved in regional issues. Research carried out for more than 50 years at the 7,800-acre Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest?among the longest-running ecosystem studies in the world?has significant implications for decision making at local as well as national levels on topics including climate change, environmental stresses on tree physiology, biomass energy, and invasive pests and pathogens.By employing a Pubic Engagement with Science approach, the project goals focus on learning and equitable participation by both public audiences (local communities and organizations) and professional audiences (scientists who want to engage in informal science learning). In this case, "equitable" means valuing the experiences and knowledge that diverse people have. "Learning" is designed to occur for all participants, such that everyone has a deeper, broader, and more nuanced understanding of STEM, the regional issues, and opportunities for the future.HBRF has designed a three-part model that includes multi-stakeholder dialogue events, workshops and dialogues with scientists working in the region, and regional capacity building for supporting outcomes of the dialogues and workshops. The project evaluation aligns closely with the Public Engagement with Science approach and project goals. As such, over the course of project activities, the evaluation measures both the public's learning and capacity to engage with other stakeholder around regional issues as well as those of the scientists. In addition, the evaluation will document the strategies and capacities of the HBRF model to broaden and sustain productive interactions among diverse regional stakeholders.Dissemination of this pilot project's findings include a case study reflecting on the process, lessons learned, and potential best practices related to the PES model as well as presentations by project leadership at community, scientific, and educational meetings. The pilot would then provide a foundation for an on-going, expanded effort for HBRF in the Northern Forest and/or an expanded effort in the region around a set off issues. In either case, the full-scale project would build from the refined model as well as the capacity built through the pilot.

该 Pathways 项目由哈伯德布鲁克研究基金会 (HBRF) 领导，开发并试点了一个模型，以促进与新英格兰北部森林农村地区及时生态系统、社会、经济和政策问题相关的不同利益相关者的参与和学习。因此，该项目旨在为美国其他有科学、技术、数学和工程 (STEM) 相关紧迫问题的农村地区提供一个范例，帮助他们与科学家、社区成员和当地组织合作，更好地理解并参与区域问题。在占地 7,800 英亩的哈伯德布鲁克实验森林（世界上运行时间最长的生态系统研究之一）中进行了 50 多年的研究，对地方和国家层面的决策具有重大影响，涉及的主题包括气候变化、树木生理的环境压力、生物质能源以及入侵性害虫和病原体。通过采用公众参与科学的方法，该项目的目标侧重于公众的学习和公平参与 受众（当地社区和组织）和专业受众（想要参与非正式科学学习的科学家）。在这种情况下，“公平”意味着重视不同的人拥有的经验和知识。 “学习”旨在让所有参与者都参与其中，以便每个人对 STEM、区域问题和未来机遇有更深入、更广泛和更细致的了解。HBRF 设计了一个由三部分组成的模型，包括多方利益相关者对话活动、研讨会和与在该地区工作的科学家的对话，以及支持对话和研讨会成果的区域能力建设。项目评估与公众参与科学方法和项目目标密切相关。因此，在项目活动过程中，评估既衡量了公众的学习情况，也衡量了与其他利益相关者以及科学家就区域问题进行互动的能力。此外，评估将记录 HBRF 模型的战略和能力，以扩大和维持不同区域利益相关者之间的富有成效的互动。该试点项目研究结果的传播包括反映过程、经验教训和与 PES 模型相关的潜在最佳实践的案例研究，以及项目领导在社区、科学和教育会议上的演示。然后，该试点将为 HBRF 在北部森林的持续扩展工作和/或围绕一系列问题在该地区的扩展工作奠定基础。无论哪种情况，全面的项目都将根据完善的模型以及通过试点建立的能力来构建。