NSF/AID: Floristic Inventory of Parque Nacional "Noel KempffMercado", Bolivia

国家公园“诺埃尔·肯普夫·梅尔卡多”是安第斯山脉国家玻利维亚仅有的三个功能性生物保护区之一。驻美国的科学家已经对那里的动植物进行了几次初步调查，并在旱季进行了短期访问。这个新项目是玻利维亚两个研究机构和密苏里植物园共同努力的结果。项目人员将在三年的时间内，在旱季和雨季进行广泛的植物清查，结果将纳入计算机化地理信息系统，用于制定公园和周围地区的管理计划。玻利维亚最大的森林保护区毗邻该公园，对这些资源（包括周围的流域）的合理管理需要有关植物、它们的栖息地偏好、开花和结果时间表以及地理分布的信息。这项研究的一个重要组成部分是对东道国植物学家和学生进行培训和研究。

Parque Nacional "Noel Kempff Mercado" is one of only three functioning biological reserves in the Andean country of Bolivia. Several preliminary inventories of its flora and fauna have been conducted by U.S.-based scientists and have consisted of short term visits during the dry season. This new project is a joint effort by two Bolivian research institutions and the Missouri Botanical Garden. Project personnel will conduct an extensive plant inventory over a three year period, during wet and dry seasons, and the results will be incorporated into a computerized Geographical Information System that will be used to formulate management plans for the park and surrounding areas. Bolivia's largest forest reserves are adjacent to the park, and rational stewardship of these resources including surrounding watersheds requires information about the plants, their habitat preferences and flowering and fruiting schedules, and geographical distributions. A significant component of the research involves training and research with host country botanists and students.