Biodiversity surveys in Indonesia and discovery of health and energy solutions

描述（由申请人提供）：热带生物多样性热点地区自然资源的同步研究、保护和可持续利用需要前所未有的范围和复杂性的合作研究伙伴关系，许多热带地区生物多样性正在以惊人的速度丧失，因此迫切需要这种努力。我们已经组建了一个多学科、多机构的国际团队，以解决以下目标：1)在苏拉威西岛东南部热带森林中选择分类类群的生物多样性进行调查，这是生物多样性热点瓦拉科内一个研究较少但物种特有的高威胁地区；2)探索微观和宏观生物的应用，为特定的人类健康和生物能源问题开发天然产品；3)利用生物多样性调查的信息制定保护濒危生物群落和相关传统和科学知识基础的战略建议；4)发展和鼓励在生态、经济和社会政治上合理的地方保护规划、教育和推广工作；5)与有关技术转让、材料获取和利益分享的有效国际协议发展强有力、公平的伙伴关系。该项目分为六个联合项目：宏观生物调查；微生物调查;发现能源解决方案；发现人类健康解决方案；保育研究及脊椎动物调查；保护伙伴关系、培训和道德规范。我们的团队包括来自三所美国大学的科学家：加州大学戴维斯分校（牵头机构）、加州大学伯克利分校和加州大学旧金山分校，以及三所著名的印度尼西亚机构：印度尼西亚科学研究所（牵头机构）、印度尼西亚林业部和万隆理工学院。我们还将与私营公司建立合作伙伴关系，旨在商业开发用于制药和能源生产的天然产品，我们已与其他几家领先的研究机构（例如，主教博物馆）建立了合作伙伴关系。一个设在印度尼西亚的指导委员会、一个国际咨询委员会和一个基于网络的电信和数据共享网络将在整个项目过程中为所有参与者提供关键的指导和互动反馈循环。该项目的成果将对一系列广泛的问题作出重大贡献，包括了解东南亚生物多样性的模式，鉴定和分离具有潜在治疗价值的天然产物，以治疗全球重要疾病和满足人类能源需求，制定有效的生物多样性保护战略和积极主动的推广和教育方案，以促进这些战略。以及建立有效和公平的国际合作伙伴关系和合乎道德和可持续的生物遗传资源国际共享模式。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The simultaneous study, conservation, and sustainable use of natural resources in tropical biodiversity hotspots require collaborative research partnerships of unprecedented scope and complexity, and the alarming rate at which biodiversity is being lost in many tropical regions has resulted in an urgent need for such efforts. We have assembled a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional, international team to address the following objectives: 1) undertake surveys of biodiversity present in select taxonomic groups within the tropical forests of southeastern Sulawesi, a poorly studied yet threatened area of high species endemism within the biodiversity hotspot Wallacea; 2) explore the application of micro- and macro-organisms for natural product development for specific human health and bioenergy issues; 3) use the information from biodiversity surveys to develop recommendations for strategies to conserve endangered biomes and associated traditional and scientific knowledge bases; 4) develop and encourage local conservation planning, education, and outreach efforts that are ecologically, economically, and socio-politically sound; and 5) develop strong, equitable partnerships with effective international agreements relating to technology transfer, materials access, and benefit sharing. The project is organized into six Associate Programs: Macroorganism surveys; Microbial surveys; Discovery of energy solutions; Discovery of human health solutions; Conservation research and vertebrate surveys; and Conservation partnerships, training, and ethics. Our team includes scientists from three US Universities: UC Davis (lead), UC Berkeley, and UC San Francisco, and three prominent Indonesian institutions: Indonesian Institute of Science (lead agency), Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, and Bandung Institute of Technology. We will also form partnerships with private companies aimed at the commercial development of natural products for Pharmaceuticals and energy production, and we have secured collaborators from several other leading research institutions (e.g., Bishop Museum). An Indonesian-based Steering Committee, an International Advisory Board, and a web-based telecommunications and data-sharing network will provide critical guidance and interactive feedback loops for all participants throughout the course of the project. The results of this project will make significant contributions to a broad range of issues, including knowledge of patterns of biodiversity in southeast Asia, identification and isolation of natural products with potential therapeutic value to treat globally important diseases and to address human energy needs, development of effective biodiversity conservation strategies and proactive outreach and education programs to promote those strategies, and establishment of models for effective and equitable international collaborative partnerships and ethical and sustainable international sharing of biogenetic resources.