Neotropical Montane Forests: Biodiversity and Conservation Symposium; Bronx, New York

这笔奖金将用于资助22名拉丁美洲植物学家和生态学家参加在纽约植物园举行的“新热带山地森林：生物多样性和保护”专题讨论会的旅费。研讨会与会者将讨论安第斯山脉植物多样性的起源和组成，以及这些森林的保护和可持续利用。一个由同行评议论文组成的专题讨论会将包括一份“安第斯状况”报告。拉丁美洲与会者将代表哥伦比亚、委内瑞拉、秘鲁、阿根廷、哥斯达黎加、厄瓜多尔、玻利维亚和墨西哥的机构和研究机构。由于有许多拉丁美洲植物学家参与，这次专题讨论会将是评估拉丁美洲生物多样性和保护研究的知识状况和促进这些活动的主要推动力。考虑到安第斯植物收藏的历史和纽约植物园的研究活动，纽约也是举办这样一个研讨会的合理地点，并且为拉丁美洲植物学家提供了了解和研究这些藏品的第一手机会。NYBG将组织本次研讨会并撰写最终的研讨会报告。安第斯山脉森林的大部分生物多样性受到人类活动的威胁。该奖将支持22名拉丁美洲植物学家和生态学家参加在纽约植物园举行的关于“新热带山地森林：生物多样性和保护”的专题讨论会。纽约植物园在安第斯植物收集和研究活动方面有着悠久的历史。与会者将讨论安第斯山脉植物多样性的起源和组成，以及这些森林的养护和可持续利用。一个由同行评议论文组成的专题讨论会将包括一份“安第斯状况”报告。拉丁美洲与会者将代表哥伦比亚、委内瑞拉、秘鲁、阿根廷、哥斯达黎加、厄瓜多尔、玻利维亚和墨西哥的机构和研究机构。因此，这次专题讨论会将是评估拉丁美洲生物多样性和养护研究的知识状况和促进这些活动的主要推动力。

This award will support the travel costs of 22 Latin American botanists and ecologists to a symposium at the New York Botanical Garden on "Neotropical Montane Forests: Biodiversity and Conservation". The symposium participants will address and discuss the origin and composition of Andean montane plant diversity, and the conservation and sustainable use of these forests. A symposium synthesis of peer-reviewed papers will comprise a "state of the Andes" report. Latin American participants will represent institutions and research in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia and Mexico. Because of the number of Latin American botanists involved, the symposium will be a major impetus for assessing the state of knowledge of biodiversity and conservation research in Latin America and for promoting these activities. New York is also a logical venue for such a symposium, given the history of the Andean botanical collections and research activity at the New York Botanical Garden, and the opportunity provided the Latin American botanists to acquaint themselves with and study these collections first hand. NYBG will organize the symposium and assemble the final symposium report. %%% Much of the biodiversity of the Andean montane forests are threatened by human activity. This award will support the participation of 22 Latin American botanists and ecologists in a symposium at the New York Botanical Garden on "Neotropical Montane Forests: Biodiversity and Conservation". New York Botanical Garden has a long history of Andean botanical collecting and research activity. The symposium participants will treat the origin and composition of Andean montane plant diversity, and the conservation and sustainable use of these forests. A symposium synthesis of peer-reviewed papers will comprise a "state of the Andes" report. Latin American participants will represent institutions and research in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Bolivia and Mexico. As such, the symposium will be a major impetus for assessing the state of knowledge of biodiversity and conservation research in Latin America and for promoting these activities.