US - Africa Workshop: Linkages for Conservation Biology; Nairobi, Kenya, July 2001

0096562 bornbusch2001年7月6日至8日在肯尼亚内罗毕举行的美非保护生物学联系研讨会上，来自美国（4名）和非洲（20名）的与会者获得了该奖项。来自保护生物学学会（SCB）、私人捐赠基金会和几个网络组织的代表以及来自非洲各地的其他科学家也将出席会议。协办人员是美国科学促进会（AAAS）非洲项目的Alan Bornbusch博士和John Schoneboom先生；以及肯尼亚国际畜牧研究所（ILRI）人、畜与环境部的Robin Reid博士。讲习班的目标是加强非洲养护生物学家网络（可能通过成立一个隶属于生物多样性委员会的专业学会），探讨跨区域和国际合作研究活动共同关心的领域，并确定在非洲尽可能高效和有效地收集和传播养护生物学资料的方法。保护生物学是影响生物多样性维持、丧失和恢复的现象的多学科研究。它可以在指导自然资源和生态系统的可持续发展和利用方面发挥重要作用。但是目前还没有一个泛非组织致力于保护生物学，因此很少有非洲科学家知道在他们自己的国家之外正在进行的相关研究项目。此外，许多美国科学家不知道他们的非洲同行的研究活动。然而，非洲有潜力在保护、生物多样性、医学和农业应用等领域产生重大发现。应SCB的要求，美国科学促进会非洲项目对美国和非洲保护生物学社区成员进行了调查，发现他们强烈支持成立非洲保护生物学学会。建立这样一个专业协会将使非洲科学家能够相互交流，并与他们在保护生物学和其他相关学科的国际同事交流。预计这次研讨会将确定美国和非洲保护生物学家可以共同合作的具体方式，以增强各自的能力和影响，创造重要的新研究和教育机会，并制定促进长期合作的具体战略（例如建立一个美国-非洲保护生物学网络）。非洲与会者还将获得关于促进和管理科学社团的知识，而美国与会者将获得关于他们的非洲同事的需求和资产的重要信息。本次研讨会由国际项目司和环境生物司共同资助。

0096562BornbuschThis award supports participants from the United States (four) and Africa (20) in the US-Africa Workshop on Linkages for Conservation Biology, in Nairobi, Kenya, from July 6-8, 2001. Representatives from the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), private donor foundations, and several networking organizations, will also be attending, as well as additional scientists from throughout Africa. The co-organizers are Dr. Alan Bornbusch and Mr. John Schoneboom, of the Africa Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); and Dr. Robin Reid, of the Department of People, Livestock and Environment at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya. The goals of the workshop are to strengthen the African network of conservation biologists (possibly through the formation of an SCB-affiliated professional society), explore areas of mutual interest for cross-regional and international collaborative research activities, and identify methods for collecting and disseminating information on conservation biology as efficiently and effectively as possible in Africa. Conservation biology is the multidisciplinary study of the phenomena that affect the maintenance, loss, and restoration of biological diversity. It can have a major role in guiding the sustainable development and use of natural resources and ecosystems. But at the present time there is no Pan-African organization dedicated to conservation biology, and as a result few African scientists know about related research projects being conducted outside their own countries. Furthermore, many US researchers are unaware of the research activities of their African peers. Yet Africa has the potential to produce significant discoveries in such areas as conservation, biological diversity, medicine, and agricultural applications. At the request of the SCB, the Africa Program at AAAS conducted a survey of members of the US and African conservation biology communities, and found strong support for the formation of an African conservation biology society. The creation of such a professional society would enable African scientists to communicate among themselves, and with their international colleagues in conservation biology and other relevant disciplines. This workshop is expected to identify specific ways that US and African conservation biologists can work together to enhance their respective capacities and impacts, create important new research and education opportunities, and develop specific strategies to foster long-term collaborations (such as the creation of a US-Africa network for conservation biology). The African participants will also gain knowledge about promoting and managing scientific societies, while the US participants will gain important information on the needs and assets of their African colleagues. This workshop is being jointly funded by the Division of International Programs and the Division of Environmental Biology.