International Travel to Attend the "First Latin American Congress on Ecology"; Montevideo, Uruguay; 10-17 December 1989

这项奖金将资助15名美国生态学家参加第一届拉丁美洲生态学大会（1989年12月10日至17日，乌拉圭蒙得维的亚），并在选定的拉丁美洲大学展示研究成果。生态学领域以及与进化和行为相关的学科正经历着快速的变化。与此同时，全国对气候变化、生物多样性和污染问题的认识日益增强，这给生态合理的解决方案带来了压力，这表明在美国有一个异常有利的环境，有利于研究如何解决环境问题。不幸的是，拉丁美洲并非如此。货币贬值和国家债务降低了生态学家跟踪国际发展的能力，而与此同时，他们的贡献在解决生物多样性、森林砍伐、流域保护和污染等问题上是最需要的。这样的生态学家通常无法接触到期刊、图书馆或同事。有必要提高拉丁美洲生态学家对生态学和环境科学的最新发展的认识。这种意识对他们自己的国家有明显的好处，但也会给美国带来直接和间接的好处。

This award provides funding for fifteen United States ecologists to participate in the First Latin American Congress of Ecology (10-17 December 1989; Montevideo, Uruguay) and to present research results at selected Latin American universities. The field of ecology and the related disciplines of evolution and behavior are undergoing rapid change. At the same time, growing national recognition of the problems of climatic change, biodiversity, and pollution is producing pressure for ecologically-sensible solutions, suggesting an unusually favorable environment for research leading to environmental problem-solving in the United States. Unfortunately, the same is not true of Latin America. Devalued currencies and national debts have reduced the ability of ecologists to follow international developments at the same time that their contributions are most needed in addressing problems such as biodiversity, deforestation watershed protection, and pollution. Such ecologists often lack access to journals, libraries, or colleagues. There exists a need to increase the awareness of Latin American ecologists concerning recent developments in ecology and environmental science. Such awareness would have obvious benefits to their own countries, but it would also have direct and indirect benefits to the United States.