U.S.-India Workshop: Articulate and Disseminate Research Priorities on Forest Canopies, Bangalore, October 2009.

该奖项资助美国资深和初级科学家代表团参加2009年10月在班加罗尔举行的美印研讨会：阐明和传播有关森林树冠的研究优先事项。马萨诸塞大学波士顿分校的美国皮卡迈勒·巴瓦和佛罗里达新学院的共同皮玛格丽特·洛曼与印度东道主、班加罗尔阿肖卡生态与环境研究信托基金的T·加内什博士共同组织了这次研讨会。为期两天的研讨会将在第五届国际树冠会议(www.canopy2009.org)之后举行，来自美国、欧洲和澳大利亚的科学家将聚集在一起，他们是探索森林树冠的先驱，并促进了这些地区的合作研究。知识价值会议后的研讨会将汇集30名树冠领导者和新一代年轻科学家，他们将负责确定树冠科学的研究重点，并制定一个雄心勃勃的计划，在未来5到10年内促进合作研究和教育计划。其他目标是强调树冠研究与气候变化、可持续性和保护等重大全球挑战的相关性。它与自然科学、社会科学和信息技术的结合非常重要，将有助于促进印度森林的生态研究，将其与全球努力联系起来，并确保使用多维方法和最新技术建立一个健全的研究平台。更广泛的影响研讨会提供了建立国际网络的机会，促进了树冠生态领域的多样性，并增加了技术的使用，以拓宽树冠研究的范围和有效性。主要调查人员将提供教育宣传的强大组成部分，从面向印度观众的公开演讲到报纸上的一系列文章，以及与K-12合作开设天篷课程的努力。公众教育外展讲座将促进班加罗尔家庭、学生和市民之间的科学交流。

0938756This award supports travel for a US delegation of senior and junior scientists to participate in the U.S.-India Workshop: Articulating and Disseminating Research Priorities on Forest Canopies, Bangalore, October 2009. US PI Kamal Bawa, University of Massachusetts Boston and co-PI Margaret Lowman, New College of Florida are organizing the workshop with Indian host, Dr. T. Ganesh, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bangalore. The two-day workshop will follow the 5th International Canopy Conference (www.canopy2009.org) that will bring together the scientists from the U.S., Europe, and Australia who have been pioneers in exploring the forest canopies and have fostered collaborative research in these regions. Intellectual Merit The post-conference workshop will bring together a sub-set of 30 canopy leaders and an emerging generation of young scientists who will be charged with defining research priorities in canopy science and creating an ambitious plan to foster collaborative research and education programs canopies over the next five to ten years. Additional goals are to highlight the relevance of canopy research to important global challenges, such as climate change, sustainability, and conservation. Its integration with natural science, social science, and information technology is important and will help promote ecological research in Indian forests, the link to global efforts, and insure a sound research platform using multidimensional approaches and the latest technologies. Broader Impacts The workshop provides opportunities to build international networks, promote increased diversity in the field of canopy ecology, and increase the use of technology to broaden the scope and effectiveness of canopy research. The principal investigators will offer a strong component of education outreach, ranging from public talks for Indian audiences to a series of newspaper articles and efforts to work with K-12 on canopy curricula. The public education outreach lectures will facilitate science communication with Bangalore families, students, and citizens.