UMEB: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology in the Pacific

db -9975287太平洋岛屿上的高度地方性造成了一种环境问题极为重要的情况。尽管存在这些关切，但环境生物学往往不被太平洋岛屿人民视为一个可行的职业选择。该项目将开设生态学、进化论和保护生物学的本科课程，以增加整个太平洋地区学生对这些领域的参与。它将发展三个主要学术机构之间的主要合作：夏威夷大学马诺阿和希洛的两个主要校区和关岛大学。该项目将通过与两个现有的环境资源管理方案协调促进环境培训：夏威夷大学实习方案和密克罗尼西亚和美属萨摩亚学生实习方案。学生将在太平洋地区招募。他们将能够使用休斯敦大学提供的先进远程学习技术与广泛的机构进行互动。这个项目将大大增加太平洋岛屿上接受环境生物学高级培训的人数。

DEB-9975287The high levels of endemism in the insular Pacific create a situation where environmental concerns are of critical importance. Despite these concerns, environmental biology is not often considered as a viable career option by Pacific Island peoples. This project would develop an undergraduate program in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology to increase the participation of students in these areas throughout the Pacific. It will develop a primary collaboration among three primary academic institution: the two main campuses of the University of Hawaii (UH), in Manoa and Hilo, and the University of Guam. This project will foster environmental training by coordination with two existing environmental resource management programs: The UH Hawaiian Internship Program and the Micronesia and America Samoa Student Internship Program. Students will be recruited throughout the Pacific. They will be able to interact from widespread institutions using a sophisticated distance learning technology available at UH. This project will greatly increase the number of Pacific Island people pursuing advanced training in environmental biology.