Planning and Logistics for IDEAL

9510042约翰逊 东非大裂谷的大湖是地球上最古老的湖泊之一，是居住在其流域的土著人民的重要资源。 它们在世界各大湖泊中是独一无二的，因为它们对气候变化的敏感性、它们丰富多样的特有物种种群、它们的循环动力学和水柱化学，以及它们对热带过去气候变化的长期、连续和高分辨率记录。 对非洲大湖的全面研究早就应该进行。 社会需要可持续地利用这些重要的自然资源，这是审查东非生物食物网、水质和过去气候变化的一个令人信服的理由。 这些科学和社会问题促使东非湖泊国际十年（IDEAL）的启动。 1993年2月18日至22日在乌干达金贾举行的东非湖泊湖沼学、气候学和古气候学国际环境研究所专题讨论会上构想并讨论了国际环境研究所要处理的科学问题。 这次会议的建议导致出版了IDEAL科学和实施计划。 该奖项为IDEAL内的古气候倡议的进一步规划、后勤管理和讲习班提供资金。 这些资金将用于地球环境研究所美国指导委员会的会议、地球环境研究所内古气候界与其他科学和培训倡议之间的协调以及与地球环境研究所欧洲和非洲组成部分的协调。 ***

9510042 Johnson The large lakes of the East African Rift Valley are among the oldest on Earth, and are vital resources for the indigenous people populating their basins. They are unique among the large lakes of the world in terms of their sensitivity to climatic change, their rich and diverse populations of endemic species, their circulation dynamics and water-column chemistry, and their long, continuous, high-resolution records of past climatic change in the tropics. A comprehensive study of the large African lakes is long overdue. Societal need for the sustainable utilization of these important natural resources offers a compelling reason for examination of biological food webs, water quality and past climate variability in East Africa. These scientific and societal issues have stimulated the initiation of the International Decade for the East African Lakes (IDEAL). The scientific issues to be addressed by IDEAL were conceived and discussed at the IDEAL Symposium on the Limnology, Climatology and Paleoclimatology of the East African Lakes, held in Jinja, Uganda, February 18-22, 1993. Recommendations from this meeting resulted in the publication of the IDEAL Science and Implementation Plan. This award provides funds for further planning, logistical management and workshops for the paleoclimate initiative within IDEAL. Funds will be used for meetings of the American Steering Committee of IDEAL, coordination between the paleoclimate community and the other scientific and training initiatives within IDEAL, and coordination with European and African components of IDEAL. ***