Mapping Ecosystem Services for Agricultural Improvement and Human Health in Sub-Saharan Africa

这项建议的广泛范围是为撒哈拉以南非洲的健康和农业改进开发管理生态系统服务的工具。在这一活动领域内，伙伴关系和项目发展提案将汇集一个跨学科团队，能够：量化和绘制生态系统服务与依赖生态系统服务的人的健康和福祉之间的联系；模拟生态系统的变化对依赖其“服务”的人口的影响，包括气候变化；针对现有和潜在的问题制定切实可行的对策，旨在通过同情地改进农业来减少对生态系统的影响，减轻贫困和健康问题；并将这些工具提供给那些在非洲研究和政策层面上负责制定政策和作出决策的人。该联盟将共同努力，按照上述思路制定一份完整的提案，提交ESPA健康主题下的提案。该项目的跨学科方法将使来自不同学科和关键行为者的研究人员能够制定共同的愿景，同时保持各自知识领域的丰富性和优势。通过在开始时采用这种方法，研究小组将避免进行平行研究，这些研究的结果只有在结束时才汇集在一起。在确定研究问题的同时，将在发展阶段整合知识并相互采用共同的语言和共同的目标。

The broad remit of this proposal is the development of tools for Managing Ecosystem Services for Health and Agricultural Improvement in sub-Saharan Africa. Within this sphere of activity, this Partnership and Project Development proposal will draw together a trans-disciplinary team capable of: Quantifying and mapping the links between the ecosystem services and the health and well-being of the people who depend upon them Modelling the impacts of changes to the ecosystem upon the population dependant upon its 'services' including climate change Developing practical responses to both existing and potential problems, aimed at reducing impacts upon the ecosystem and alleviating poverty and health problems through sympathetically improved agriculture; and Delivering these tools to those responsible for formulating policy and making decisions at the African research and policy levels. This consortium will work together to develop a full proposal along the above lines for submission under the ESPA Health Theme. The trans-disciplinary approach of this project will enable researchers from different disciplines and key actors to develop a common vision, while preserving the richness and strength of their respective areas of knowledge. By adopting this approach at the outset the research team will avoid carrying out parallel studies whose results are pooled only at the end. The integration of knowledge and the mutual adoption of a common language and common goals, will take place during the development phase, while the research problems are being defined.