IRES Track I: Integrating freshwater science and sustainability: Training opportunities in a rapidly changing Yucatan Peninsula ecological corridor.

IRES 轨道 I：淡水科学与可持续发展的结合：快速变化的尤卡坦半岛生态走廊的培训机会。

• 批准号: 2106454
• 负责人: J Klump
• 金额: $ 29.98万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2106454&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: IRES; Track; Integrating; freshwater; science

It has been suggested that the ultimate challenge of the 21st century is to reconcile the inherent conflict between human activity and environmental sustainability. Nowhere is this challenge greater than in dealing with increasing pressure on freshwater resources. Using a theme: “A River Runs Through It: Building a future from the flow of history and hydrology in an ecological corridor”, this IRES program will expose ~21 U.S. students in 3 cohorts over 3 years to a 7-week field experience. Each year will focus on the approaches, methods, and challenges inherent in resolving such conflicts in the Bacalar Ecological Corridor in the Yucatan, Mexico. This region, which has been extensively inhabited by humans for well over 3000 years dating back to the Mayans, is under consideration as a Ramsar Convention of Wetlands of International Importance site. Along with the local community, this region finds itself at the leading edge of experiencing the economic benefits of eco-tourism, and the challenge of maintaining the pristine environment which is driving a growing economy and a rapidly increasing level of use and occupation. Immersing students in an environment where the complexity of maintaining sustainable economic growth is front and center, the importance of water is obvious and compelling, and the role of science is recognized, both for fundamental understanding and for societal relevance, is the overarching goal of this project. The program seeks three major broad impacts: 1) interdisciplinary training in freshwater studies, 2) integrated, collaborative research that can ultimately inform management and policy, and 3) new cultural and personal experiences, exchange, and appreciation. All three will take advantage of traditional ecological knowledge, social context, and cultural awareness, and provide students the opportunity to experience the challenges of natural resource conservation and economic growth as adjudicated through policy and its underlying societal pressures. The concept of flow is a unifying principle, not only in water science, but in the course of human events. Like freshwater ecosystems everywhere, three major forces come together in this system and understanding their interactions is essential for viable, sustained environments and economies whose benefits accrue both today and into the future: 1) Surficial and subterranean hydrologic system dynamics, 2) Ecological complexity, and 3) Human use, the built environment, and engagement. These forces are a common feature of every freshwater system. Bacalar serves as a laboratory in which these forces are playing out in real time and the “flows” are changing rapidly. Opportunities for undergraduate and graduate student research exist across related areas giving the program latitude in matching student interests to a variety of fields including hydrogeology, aquatic biogeochemistry, mangrove and wetland ecology, carbon cycling, stromatolite ecology, climate dynamics, GIS mapping, remote sensing, community engagement, resource management and decision making. The program will take advantage of collaborations with the El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) a federally supported research lab and college in Chetumal, the Centro Regional de Educación Normal. Lic. Javier Rojo Gómez (Bacalar Normal College), and the Bacalar Public High School system (COBACH).This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

有人建议，21世纪的最终挑战是调和人类活动与环境可持续性之间的继承冲突。在应对淡水资源的压力增加的情况下，这一挑战没有什么比更大的挑战了。使用一个主题：“一条河流贯穿其中：从生态走廊的历史和水文学流程建立未来”，该IRES计划将在3年中向3年的3年中约21名美国学生接触7周的现场经验。每年都将重点关注墨西哥尤卡坦州巴卡拉生态走廊中这种冲突所固有的方法，方法和挑战。该地区一直受到人类的广泛影响3000多年来，其历史可以追溯到玛雅人。与当地社区一起，该地区处于经历生态旅游经济利益的前沿，以及维持原始环境的挑战，而原始环境正在推动经济不断增长，并迅速增加了使用和职业水平。将学生沉浸在维持可持续经济增长的复杂性的环境中，居中是前列和中心，水的重要性是显而易见的，并且在基本的理解和社会相关性方面都认可了科学的作用，这是该项目的总体目标。该计划寻求三个主要的广泛影响：1）淡水研究中的跨学科培训，2）最终可以为管理和政策提供信息的综合协作研究，以及3）新的文化和个人经验，交流和赞赏。这三者将利用传统的生态知识，社会环境和文化意识，并为学生提供机会，以体验自然资源保护和经济增长的挑战，这些挑战是通过政策及其基本的社会压力进行调整的。流动的概念是一个统一的原则，不仅在水科学中，而且在人类事件的过程中。像世界各地的淡水生态系统一样，三个主要力量在该系统中融合在一起，了解它们的相互作用对于可行的，持续的环境和经济至关重要，这些环境和经济在当今和未来都带来了好处：1）表面和地下水文系统动力学，2）生态复杂性，以及3）人类使用，建筑环境和参与度。这些力是每个淡水系统的共同特征。 bacalar充当实验室，其中这些力量实时发挥作用，而“流”正在迅速变化。在相关领域中存在本科和研究生研究的机会，从而使该计划的纬度与学生的利益相匹配，包括水文地质学，水生生物地球化学，红树林和湿地生态学，碳循环，碳纤维生态学，气候动力学，GIS Dynamilics，GIS地图，远程敏感性，社区参与，资源管理，资源管理，决策和决策。该计划将利用与El Colegio de la Frontera Sur（Ecosur）合作的联邦支持的研究实验室和学院，位于Chetumal，Chetumal，Centro centro RegionalDecudación正常情况下。 LIC。 JavierRojoGómez（Bacalar师范大学）和Bacalar公立高中系统（Cobach）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为是通过评估而被认为是宝贵的支持。