Collaborative Research: BoCP-Implementation: BioFI- Biodiversity Forecasting Initiative to Understand Population, Community and Ecosystem Function Under Global Change

我们迫切需要了解地球上的生物多样性将如何变化。这需要预测哪些植物物种有灭绝的危险。它还需要了解尽可能多的物种对未来气候条件的反应。这方面的知识对于确保有助于人类福祉的生态系统服务的延续至关重要。这个项目——生物多样性预测倡议（BioFI）——增加了我们对地球生物多样性的认识，提高了我们预测地球上几乎任何地方的生物多样性和生物圈功能的能力。鉴于新出现的环境挑战和大数据的兴起，对编程技能和数据素养的需求将继续增加。该项目通过培训下一代科学家使用分析全球生物多样性数据源的工具来增强生物多样性科学的未来。一个教育和培训成果是在新兴的生物多样性数据科学领域开发和提供开源、多模式、多层次的课程。此外，该项目还为多名研究生和博士后研究人员提供直接培训和指导。生物ofi主要研究影响生态系统功能的植物物种丰度、性状和地理分布的变化。该项目汇集了生态学家、环境工程师、数据科学家和保护利益相关者，以整合各种生物多样性数据源。BioFI提供数据和计算框架，整合生物和环境学科，以产生未来生物多样性轨迹的准确预测。生物ofi使科学家能够规划如何应对干旱和火灾等灾害。BioFI利用巨大的生物多样性和地球观测数据，提供全球覆盖和广泛的分类范围。BioFI允许科学家：(i)预测生物多样性变化的短期和长期后果；（二）了解生物多样性的潜在变化将如何影响人类福祉（影响林业、供水、防洪、农业和疾病风险的生态系统服务）和（三）加快我们规划有效管理的能力。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

There is an urgent need to understand how biodiversity on the planet will change. This requires predicting which plant species are at risk of extinction. It also requires understanding the responses of as many species as possible to future climate conditions. This knowledge is essential to ensure the continuation of ecosystem services that contribute to human well-being. This project- the Biodiversity Forecasting Initiative (BioFI)- increases our knowledge of Earth's biodiversity and advances our ability to forecast biodiversity and biosphere functioning almost anywhere on the planet. In light of emerging environmental challenges and the rise of big data, demand for programming skills and data literacy will continue to increase. This project enhances the future of biodiversity science by training the next generation of scientists in tools for analyzing global biodiversity data sources. One education and training outcome is the development and delivery of an open-source, multi-modal, multi-level curriculum in the emerging field of Biodiversity Data Science. Additionally, this project provides direct training and mentoring for several graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. BioFI focuses on changes in plant species' abundance, traits, and geographic distribution which impact ecosystem function. This project brings together ecologists, environmental engineers, data scientists, and conservation stakeholders to integrate a variety of biodiversity data sources. BioFI provides the data and computational scaffolding to integrate biological and environmental disciplines to produce accurate predictions of future biodiversity trajectories. BioFI enables scientists to plan how to respond to disasters such as droughts and fires. BioFI leverages immense biodiversity and Earth observation data that provide global coverage and wide taxonomic scope. BioFI allows scientists to: (i) forecast the short-term and long-term consequences of biodiversity change; (ii) understand how potential changes in biodiversity will impact human well-being (ecosystem services that impact forestry, water supply, flood prevention, agriculture, and disease risk) and (iii) expedite our ability to plan for effective management.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.