Panama-USA Dimensions of Biodiversity Workshop - Panama City, Panama, April 9-10, 2013

生物多样性对地球生态系统的功能至关重要，但我们对这种多样性如何演变、如何维持以及生物多样性与生态系统提供的服务之间的联系的理解仍然非常不完整。生物多样性维度计划成立于2010年，旨在改变我们对地球生命的范围和作用的理解。该研讨会将汇集来自巴拿马和美国的科学家和学生，以了解生物多样性计划的各个方面，并建立国际合作，从而制定适合提交该计划的提案。 巴拿马是生物多样性方面方案的一个强有力的候选伙伴，因为它拥有巨大的生物多样性，因为在这一领域的研究有科学和机构的支持。博士研究人员和研究生，因为它将发展新的国际合作之间的科学家在美国和该奖项由NSF国际科学与工程办公室共同资助。

Biological diversity is critical to the function of the Earth's ecosystems, however our understanding of how that diversity evolved, how it is maintained, and the links between biodiversity and the services that ecosystems provide is still woefully incomplete. The Dimensions of Biodiversity program was established in 2010 with the goal of transforming our understanding of the scope and role of life on Earth. This workshop will bring together scientists and students from Panama and the United States to learn about the Dimensions of Biodiversity program and establish international collaborations that will lead to the development of proposals that are appropriate for submission to that program. Panama is a strong candidate to be a partner in the Dimensions of Biodiversity Program because it harbors tremendous biological diversity and because there is scientific and institutional support for research in this area.There will be strong broader impacts of this workshop because it will include Panamanian post-doctoral researchers and graduate students and because it will develop new international collaborations between scientists in the United States and Panama.This award is being co-funded by NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering.