US-India Workshop: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity, and Human Welfare; Bangalore, India, July 15 - 18, 2001

该奖项支持一个由美国自然科学家、社会科学家和政策制定者组成的大型代表团参加2001年7月在印度班加罗尔举行的美印研讨会：热带生态系统：结构、多样性和人类福利。共同组织者是马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校的Kamaljit Bawa教授和班加罗尔农业科学大学的Uma Shaankar教授。近年来，关于热带生物群和生态系统的知识有所扩大，其范围也扩大到包括土地利用变化和栖息地丧失的社会和经济层面。会议的目标是审查热带生物学的最新发展，包括生态系统的管理和保护，并确定未来研究的优先事项。一个关于热带生物学前沿发展的会议后会议将聚集选定的美国热带生物学家、他们的印度同行和研究生，讨论最新的概念和分析进展，并探索合作。范围：这是自1982年以来举行的关于热带生态系统的生态、保护和管理的第一次重大国际会议，将确定热带生物学未来的优先事项。这一时机利用了迅速扩大的知识库提供的新机会，以及对人类引起的变化对热带生态系统的影响的新见解。它将有来自热带地区的科学家参加，并使30至40名美国科学家、博士后和研究生能够前往印度班加罗尔，在那里他们将参加会议、会后活动、实地考察和合作讨论。该奖项得到了国际项目部和环境生物学部的支持。

0097030Bawa Description: This award supports participation of a large delegation of US natural scientists, social scientists, and policy makers at the US-India Workshop: Tropical Ecosystems: Structure, Diversity, and Human Welfare, Bangalore, India, July 2001. Co-organizers are Professors Kamaljit Bawa, University of Massachusetts Boston and Uma Shaankar, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore. In recent years, knowledge of tropical biota and ecosystems has expanded; also, its scope has broadened to include social and economic dimensions of land use change and habitat loss. The goals of the conference are to review recent developments in tropical biology including management and conservation of ecosystems and to define priorities for future research. A post-conference meeting on Advancing Frontiers in Tropical Biology will bring together selected US tropical biologists, their Indian counterparts, and graduate students to discuss the latest conceptual and analytical advances, and explore collaboration. Scope: This is the first major international conference on ecology, conservation and management of tropical ecosystems held since 1982 that will define future priorities for tropical biology. The timing capitalizes on new opportunities offered by the rapidly expanding knowledge base and new insights on the impact of human induced change on tropical ecosystems. It will involve scientists from the tropics and enable 30 to 40 US scientists, postdocs, and graduate students to travel to Bangalore, India where they will participate in the conference, post-conference activities, field trips and discussions on collaboration. This award is supported by the Division of International Programs and the Division of Environmental Biology.