Research Training Group in Ecological and Social Science Challenges of Conservation

该奖项为建立一个研究机构提供资金。 生态和社会科学培训小组 康奈尔大学的自然保护。 教师组是一个 高级和初级调查员的混合体， 不同的学科背景，但有共同的兴趣 在保护的生态、经济和社会方面。 这些资金将为研究生提供助学金， 支付受训人员的部分研究费用和所需的 技术援助。 此外，资金将用于 购买受训人员使用的设备， 来自其他研究和学术机构的调查人员， 校园里举办了一个关于保护的年度研讨会。 体制 承诺将允许更多的人参加， 研究生和本科生，也将支付一个 设备、技术援助和 工作坊 保护工作面临的一个严重问题是 贫困和环境退化的循环 世界上许多地区。 周期的共同要素是 人口增长刺激农业扩张， 边际土地，扩大薪材需求， 土壤退化和物种灭绝。 这个培训项目 将集中在两个对比鲜明的社会生态环境中， 多米尼加共和国和哥斯达黎加，并将利用现有的 体制安排和研究活动。 这些 活动审查人口统计和人口增长， 自然系统与农业系统的相互作用，土壤 生物圈保护区的保护、教育和管理，以及 相关生态学研究。

This award provides funds for the establishment of a Research Training Group in Ecological and Social Science Challenges of Conservation at Cornell University. The faculty group is a mixture of senior and junior investigators who come from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, but share a common interest in the ecological, economic and social aspects of conservation. The funds will provide stipends for graduate students and will defray part of the cost of the trainees' research and of needed technical assistance. In addition, funds will be used to purchase equipment to be used by trainees and to bring investigators from other research and academic institutions to the campus for an annual workshop on conservation. Institutional commitments will allow the participation of additional numbers of graduate students and of undergraduates, and will also defray a portion of the costs of equipment, of technical assistance and of the workshop. One of the serious problems for conservation efforts is the recurring cycle of poverty and environmental degradation found in many regions of the world. Common elements of the cycle are population expansion which stimulates agricultural expansion onto marginal lands, expanded fuelwood requirements, and consequent soil degradation and species extinction. This training program will focus on two contrasting socioecological settings in the Dominican Republic and Costa Rica and will make use of existing institutional arrangements and research activities. These activities examine demography and population growth, the interaction of natural and agricultural systems, soil conservation, education and management in biosphere reserves, and related ecology studies.