US-Tanzania Planning Visit: Building a Research Collaboration on the Dynamics of Mangrove Ecosystem Services and Poverty Traps

该奖项支持罗德岛大学PI Emi Uchida的计划访问，以启动美国和坦桑尼亚之间关于红树林生态系统服务与贫困陷阱之间动态联系的跨学科研究和教育伙伴关系。计划中的访问将汇集来自美国和坦桑尼亚的专家和大学生，以确定合作潜力最大的研究差距和创新教育机会。计划中的访问将包括一系列跨学科的讨论，由红树林生态学、生态水文学、发展和环境经济学、社会学专家以及在坦桑尼亚沿海管理方面有经验的当地非政府组织的专家领导。美国和坦桑尼亚研究生的计划之旅和合作初步数据收集将为参与者提供发展强大网络的机会，以推进超越自然科学和社会科学学科的国际合作研究。这些研究建议将解决对撒哈拉以南非洲沿海地区和其他地区至关重要的可持续性问题，在这些地区，红树林为穷人提供了至关重要的利益。访问的目的是制定合作研究和教育建议提交给NSF项目。

This award supports a planning visit for PI Emi Uchida from the University of Rhode Island to initiate interdisciplinary research and an education partnership between the U.S. and Tanzania on the dynamic linkages between mangrove ecosystem services and poverty traps. The planning trip will bring together experts and university students from the U.S. and Tanzania to identify research gaps and innovative educational opportunities where potential for collaboration is the greatest. The planning trip will feature a series of interdisciplinary discussions led by experts in mangrove ecology, ecohydrology, development and environmental economics, and sociology and experts from local nongovernmental organizations with experience in coastal management in Tanzania. The planning trip and the collaborative preliminary data collection by the U.S. and Tanzanian graduate students will provide the participants with opportunities to develop a strong network for advancing international collaborative research that transcends disciplines in natural and social sciences. The research proposals will address sustainability issues of a critical importance to coastal Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions where mangrove forests provide critical benefits to the poor.The goal of the visit is to develop collaborative research and education proposals to be submitted to NSF programs.