IAI Workshop: First Implementation Meeting of the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere in Amazonia (LBA)

小行星9530289 巴西国家空间研究所天气预报和气候研究中心提议，与亚马逊国家空间研究所、圣保罗大学、秘鲁利马国立农业大学和玻利维亚拉巴斯圣安德烈斯大学联合，在亚马逊国家科学机构的合作下，（巴西、秘鲁、玻利维亚、厄瓜多尔、哥伦比亚和委内瑞拉），若干研究机构的代表协调参加，在亚马逊河流域大规模生物圈-大气实验（LBA）第一次执行会议上， 生物圈计划是一项重大的国际性、多机构、跨学科生物圈-大气实验，计划于1997-2000年在亚马逊河流域进行。 《生物多样性公约》的科学规划已经到了一个关键阶段，目前显然需要亚马逊国家的科学和研究机构在生物多样性公约的框架内进行互动和提出研究活动，并制定一项长期战略，以优化研究合作，解决大规模和陆地表面转换的区域和全球影响。 在拟议的会议期间，与会者将审查科学计划，并解决许多尚未解决的科学、体制和后勤问题。 拟议的讲习班将加强亚马逊研究机构之间的科学合作，并将建立一个培训框架，并将确定国际航空倡议第二阶段建议的细节。 第一阶段活动的总体目标是提出第二阶段提案，该提案实际上将解决LBA实验本身的关键研究问题。 该实验得到了世界气候研究计划、联合国教科文组织国际水文计划、国际地圈生物圈计划（IGBP）、美国机构和欧盟（EU）的国际支持。 第二阶段的活动将导致亚马逊国家之间以及与美洲其他国家之间的国际区域合作，而第一阶段（拟议的会议）的实现将加强这种合作。 一个核心科学家小组已经制定了一个全面的综合科学计划。 报告将于1995年10月底分发。 计划于1996年2月在巴西利亚举行的最后一次LBA科学规划会议将为严格评估和修订LBA科学计划提供一个论坛。 拟议的基于法律的援助第一次执行会议将大大加强基于法律的援助的区域组成部分。 预计亚马逊国家将提供设施、科技人员和学生，与来自北美和欧洲的其他研究小组一起沿着参加研究活动。 这次会议应产生一个全面的、得到广泛支持的《基于法律的行动实施计划》，并在《基于法律的行动科学计划》中纳入强有力的区域组成部分。 LBA实验直接涉及国际天文学协会的两个科学研究主题：热带生态系统和生物地球化学循环;以及热带美洲间的海洋/陆地/大气相互作用。 由于IAI和LBA实验的共同科学目标，IAI可以促进参与LBA的科学家之间的交流，并可以在LBA的实施和执行阶段发挥积极作用。 此外，LBA提案的制定可以作为建立与IAI科学研究主题“热带生态系统和生物地球化学循环”相关的IAI研究中心的重要促进因素。 LBA计划目前有IAI启动赠款第二阶段提案的许多内容，第一阶段研讨会将加强亚马逊研究机构之间的科学合作。 参与国玻利维亚、厄瓜多尔、哥伦比亚、秘鲁和委内瑞拉是国际气候变化倡议的成员国，该倡议是美国的一项倡议，旨在促进美洲科学机构之间就全球变化问题进行合作研究。 除了这些参与国之外，拟议的研讨会还将包括LBA科学规划委员会的与会者以及NASA、NOAA、NSF、ESA、INPE、CNPq、IGAC、GCTE和GEWEX等机构和国家及国际计划的代表（他们将从其他来源获得参与资金）。 美国国家科学基金会是指定在IAI内履行美国职责的政府机构。 ***

9530289 Nobre The Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (CPTEC) of the Instituto National de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) from Brazil proposes, jointly with the Instituto National de Pesquisas de Amazonia (INPA), the Universidade de S o Paulo, the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (UNALM), Lima, Peru, and the Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA), La Paz, Bolivia, and with the collaboration of scientific institutions from the Amazon countries (Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela), a coordinated participation of representatives of several research institutions, universities and hydro meteorological services in the First Implementation Meeting of the Large-Scale Biosphere- Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA). LBA is a major international, multi-institutional, interdisciplinary biosphere-atmosphere experiment planned for 1997-2000 in Amazonia. Scientific Planning for LBA has reached a critical stage in which there is currently a clear need for scientific and research institutions of the Amazon countries to interact and propose research activities on the framework of LBA, as well as to develop a long term strategy to optimize research cooperation addressing the regional and global effects of large scale and land surface conversions. During the proposed meeting, the participants will review the Scientific Plan and work out many unresolved scientific, institutional and logistics aspects. The proposed workshop will enhance scientific collaboration among Amazonian research institutions and will create a framework for training, and will define the details of an IAI Phase II proposal. The overall objective of the Phase I activities is to produce a Phase II proposal which actually will address critical research aspects of the LBA Experiment itself. The experiment has the international support of the World Climate Research Program, the International Hydrology Programme of UNESCO, the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), US agencies and th e European Union (EU). Phase II activities will result in an international regional cooperation between Amazon countries and with other countries in the Americas, which would be strengthened by the realization of Phase I (the proposed meeting). A comprehensive integrated Science Plan for LBA has been produced by a core group of scientists. It will be distributed by the end of October 1995. The final LBA Science Planning Meeting scheduled for February 1996 in Brasilia will provide a forum for critical appraisal, and revision of the LBA Science Plan. The proposed First Implementation Meeting of LBA will bring a greatly enhanced regional component to LBA. The Amazon countries are expected to provide facilities, scientific and technical personnel and students to participate in the research activities, along with the other research groups from North America and Europe. This meeting should result in a comprehensive, broadly supported LBA Implementation Plan with a strong regional component for the Science Plan for LBA. The LBA experiment directly addresses two of the IAI's scientific research themes: Tropical Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles; and Ocean/Land/Atmosphere Interactions in the Inter-Tropical Americas. Due to the common scientific goal of the IAI and the LBA experiment, the IAI can facilitate the communications between scientists participating in LBA, and can play an active role during the LBA's implementation and execution phases. In addition, the development of the LBA proposal can serve as an important facilitator for the establishment of IAI research centers related to the IAI scientific research theme, Tropical Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles. The LBA plan currently has many elements of an IAI Start-Up Grants Phase II proposal, and the Phase I workshop will enhance the scientific collaboration among Amazonian research institutions. The participating countries of Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela are Member States of the IAI, a U.S. initiative to stimulate cooperative research on global change issues among the scientific institutions of the Americas. In addition to these participating countries, the proposed workshop will include participants from the LBA Science Planning Committee and representatives of agencies and national and international programs such as NASA; NOAA, NSF, ESA, INPE, CNPq, IGAC, GCTE, and GEWEX (They will have funding from other sources to participate.). The U.S. National Science Foundation is the Government agency designated to carry out U.S. responsibilities within the IAI. ***