RCN-SEES: Sustainability of Marine Renewable Resources in Subarctic Systems Under Incumbent Environmental Variability and Human Exploitation

这些网络活动侧重于在现有气候多变和人类开发的情况下，将基本社会生态原则应用于研究大型海洋生态系统中可再生资源的可持续性。通过这个网络，生态学家、数学家、社会科学家和资源管理者之间的鸿沟被弥合，为保护提供健全的科学支持系统。案例研究选自亚北极海洋系统(东北太平洋、东北大西洋和西北大西洋)，这些系统容易受到气候变化的影响，产量高，但也被密集开发，在社会生态文献中的代表性不足。科学活动围绕三个生态主题展开，即1)物种、2)空间和3)人口枯竭。这三个主题共同论述了当前的政策决定在整个系统产生反响时可能如何造成负面和不可预见的社会生态影响。通过制定一个概念性的社会生态框架来处理当前和替代政策做法对可持续性的影响(主题4)，将研究活动整合在一起。通过主办两次国际讲习班和两次年度网络会议，该工作采取了积极步骤，以整合这些研究主题，并将方法转移到其他水生和陆地生态系统。在教育方面(主题5)，确立了三管齐下的方法。第一，通过参与机构的研究交流，为参与的科学家、研究生和博士后提供跨学科培训机会。第二，组织一个涉及我们网络所涉及的学科(生态学、社会科学和可持续发展)的暑期课程，受益于研究交流计划的研究生和博士后将在其中发挥积极的教学作用。课程将包括为期两周的密集暑期课程，然后是国内机构的项目开发。项目成果将在网络研讨会期间提交给网络和受邀的科学家和管理人员，作者将被邀请在研讨会上发表他们的工作，并出版专册。第三，在两期讲习班的其中一期中，将编写暑期课程的教学大纲和教材，并对科学和教育在支持可持续管理大型海洋生态系统方面的作用进行批判性评估。虽然这项提议是以应用主题为动机的，但它是通过研究基本的生态和进化原理来引导的。其最终目的是提供一个科学和教育支持系统，将生态进化和社会科学原则整合到保护战略中。现有的政府机构没有提供这一系统，但未来将需要它。在实现网络目标的过程中，利用了大量未得到充分利用的数据远远超过其他陆地和水生类似系统的生态系统。这项提案还具有雄心勃勃的教育重点，具有直接和长期的影响。在短期内，它通过在国家和国际伙伴机构短期停留和参加短期暑期课程的制度，为学生和博士后提供宝贵的培训和教学机会。从长远来看，它为人力资源系统的新课程开发提供了指导方针，并为持久和有益的研究联系提供了宝贵的机会。最后，通过研究交流和参加区域协调委员会讲习班/会议的旅行奖励制度，使包括少数群体、处于职业生涯不同阶段的学生以及来自学术界、教育和管理机构的科学家在内的不同群体的参与者得以参与。

These network activities focus on basic socio-ecological principles applied to the study of the sustainability of renewable resources in large marine ecosystems under incumbent climate variability and human exploitation. Through this network a gap is bridged among ecologists, mathematicians, social scientists and resource managers to provide a sound science support system for conservation. Case studies are selected from subarctic marine systems (Northeast Pacific and Northeast and Northwest Atlantic), which are susceptible to climate variability, are highly productive but also intensely exploited, and are under-represented in socio-ecological literature. The scientific activities are centered on three ecological themes, namely, sequential 1) species, 2) spatial, and 3) demographic depletions. Collectively, these three themes address how current policy decisions may cause negative and unforeseen socio-ecological effects as they reverberate through the system. The research activities are integrated by developing a conceptual socioecological framework to address the implications for sustainability of current and alternative policy practices (Theme 4). By hosting two international workshops and two annual network meetings, the work takes positive steps to integrate across these research themes, and to transfer approach to other aquatic and terrestrial ecological systems. On the educational side (Theme 5), a three-prong approach is established. First, to provide transdisciplinary training opportunities to participating scientists, graduate students and post-docs through research-exchanges at participating institutions. Second, to organize a summer course that intersects the disciplines involved in our network (ecology, social science and sustainability), and where graduate students and post-docs who benefited from the research exchange program will take an active teaching role. The curriculum will include an intensive two-week summer session followed by a project development at the home institution. The project outcomes will be presented to network and invited scientists and managers during network workshops, and authors will be invited to publish their work in a workshop proceeding special volume. Third, during one of the two workshops, the syllabus and teaching material for the summer course will be developed , and critically evaluate the role of science and education in support of a sustainable management of large marine ecosystems. While the proposal is motivated by applied topics, it is led through the study of basic ecological and evolutionary principles. The ultimate intent is to provide a science and educational support system to integrate eco-evolutionary and social science principles in conservation strategies. Existing governmental agencies are not providing this system, yet will require it in the future. In addressing the network objectives, advantage is taken of ecosystems for which there is a large volume of under-utilized data that well exceeds that of other terrestrial and aquatic parallels. This proposal also has an ambitious educational focus with immediate and long-term impacts. On the short-term, it provides invaluable training and teaching opportunities to students and post-docs through a system of short-stays in national and international partner institutions and attendance at the short summer course. On a longer term, it provides the guidelines for a new curriculum development in coupled human-resource systems and invaluable opportunities for long-lasting and beneficial research connections. Finally, through a system of travel awards for research exchanges and RCN workshop/meeting attendance, enables involvement of a diverse group of participants, including minorities, students at various stages of their career, and scientists fromacademia, education and management institutions.