Participant Costs: Building Global Ecological Understanding

摘要社会面临的许多问题日益从地区性扩展到全球性。世界一个地区的干旱、洪水和疾病等问题可能会对其他地区的健康和经济产生深远的影响。要了解这些关系和联系，就需要了解全球范围的生物过程和动态。国际网络和“观察站”不断涌现，它们可以在提供宝贵的数据和专门知识以加深这种理解方面发挥重要作用。这次讲习班将使天文台和网络的科学家汇聚一堂，首要目标是制定路线图，探索网络网络和观测站方法，以回答区域到全球的生态问题。讲习班将探讨：i)目前有哪些跨大洲的生态学理论和重大挑战问题，以便为科学和社会提供更广泛的生态理解和预测能力；ii)如何利用观测站/网络来应对大陆(全球)的重大挑战；iii)观测站/网络之间可以结合哪些特征以促进更广泛的理解；以及iv)科学界应遵循哪些近期战略目标。讲习班将确定相关的社会需求和利益，以及这些网络/观测站如何贡献数据、知识和预报。讲习班将侧重于天文台/网络对社会福利领域的生态贡献，包括农业、生物多样性、气候、生态系统、水和天气。

AbstractMany problems societies face are increasingly regional to global in scope. Problems such as droughts, floods, and disease in one part of the world can have far reaching health and economic impacts on other regions. Understanding the relationship and linkages require an understanding of global scale biological processes and dynamics. International networks and "Observatories" have been emerging that could play a significant role in providing valuable data and expertise to develop this understanding. This workshop will bring together Observatory and Network scientists with the overarching goal of developing a road-map to explore a network-of-networks and observatory-of-observatories approach to answer regional to global ecological questions. The workshop will explore: i) what are the current ecological theories and grand challenge questions that span continents in order to provide a broader ecological understanding and prognostic capability to inform science and society; ii) how can Observatories/Networks be used to address among continent (global) grand challenges, iii) what attributes can be integrated among Observatories/Networks to foster a broader understanding; and iv) which are the near term strategic targets that should be followed by the scientific community. The workshop will identify related societal needs and benefits and how these networks/observatories can contribute data, knowledge and forecasts. The workshop will focus on ecological contribution of Observatories/Networks to societal benefits areas including: agriculture, biodiversity, climate, ecosystems, water, and weather.