Island Ecosystems: Challenges to Sustainability
Walsh, Stephen J., Mena, Carlos F., Stewart, Jill R.
- 出版商: Springer
- 出版日期: 2024-05-11
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- 語言: 英文
- 頁數: 514
- 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
- ISBN: 3031280911
- ISBN-13: 9783031280917
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商品描述
Sustainable development is a process to improve the quality of life of people, while maintaining the ability of social-ecological systems to continue to provide valuable ecological services that social systems require. In the Galapagos Islands, the maintenance of amenity resources to support tourism and the quality of life of residents is explicitly linked to ecosystem goods and services, particularly, the accessibility to high-quality natural environments and the terrestrial and marine visitation sites that showcase iconic species.
On June 26-30, 2022, the Galapagos Science Center celebrated its 10-Year Anniversary. As the crowning event of the anniversary celebration, the World Summit on Island Sustainability was held on San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Archipelago of Ecuador. The intent of the World Summit was to bring together leading experts on island ecosystems and, particularly, on island sustainability from across the globe to represent a diversity of perspectives, approaches, and stakeholder groups. The World Summit was an exclusive event that featured an "expert convening" of scholars and practitioners to address the social, terrestrial, and marine sub-systems of the Galapagos Islands and other similarly challenged island ecosystems from around the globe. The World Summit attracted 150 scientists to the Galapagos Islands to discuss projects conducted, for instance, in the Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Guam, French Polynesia, Chile, Australia, and the Caribbean Islands.
Island vulnerability, resilience, and sustainability were examined by scholars, for instance, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Catholic University of Chile, University of Guam, James Cook University, University of the Sunshine Coast, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, California Academy of Sciences, University of San Francisco, and the University of South Alabama aswell as affiliated scientists from Exeter University, University of Edinburgh, University of Southampton, and the Galapagos National Park. The World Summit also included scholars from Re: wild, World Wildlife Fund, EarthEcho, and the East-West Center, Hawaii.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
可持續發展是一個提升人們生活品質的過程，同時保持社會生態系統繼續提供社會系統所需的有價值生態服務的能力。在加拉帕戈斯群島，維護支持旅遊業和居民生活品質的便利資源明確與生態系統的物質和服務相關聯，特別是與高品質自然環境的可接近性以及展示標誌性物種的陸地和海洋參觀地點相關。
2022年6月26日至30日，加拉帕戈斯科學中心慶祝其成立10周年。作為周年慶祝活動的壓軸事件，世界島嶼可持續發展峰會在厄瓜多爾的聖克里斯托瓦爾島，加拉帕戈斯群島舉行。世界峰會的目的是匯集來自全球各地的島嶼生態系統和特別是島嶼可持續發展的領先專家，代表多元的觀點、方法和利益相關者群體。世界峰會是一個獨家活動，特色是由學者和實踐者組成的「專家會議」，討論加拉帕戈斯群島和其他面臨相似挑戰的島嶼生態系統的社會、陸地和海洋子系統。世界峰會吸引了150位科學家前往加拉帕戈斯群島，討論在加拉帕戈斯群島、夏威夷、關島、法屬波利尼西亞、智利、澳大利亞和加勒比海島嶼等地進行的項目。
學者們從北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校、聖弗朗西斯科大學基多分校、智利天主教大學、關島大學、詹姆斯庫克大學、陽光海岸大學、北卡羅來納州立大學、北卡羅來納自然科學博物館、加州科學院、舊金山大學和南阿拉巴馬大學等學術機構，以及來自埃克塞特大學、愛丁堡大學、南安普敦大學和加拉帕戈斯國家公園的相關科學家，對島嶼的脆弱性、恢復力和可持續性進行了研究。世界峰會還邀請了來自Re:wild、世界自然基金會、EarthEcho和東西方中心夏威夷分部的學者參與。
作者簡介
Dr Stephen J. Walsh is Emeritus Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography, the Founding Emeritus Director of the Center for Galapagos Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and Co-Founding Director of the UNC-USFQ Galapagos Science Center (GSC), Galapagos Archipelago of Ecuador.
He co-founded the Galapagos Initiative, forming a strategic partnership with the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), Ecuador. The initiative includes the 2011 construction of the 20,000-square-foot Galapagos Science Center on San Cristobal Island, Ecuador, a facility that hosts an extensive and intensive program of integrated and interdisciplinary science. The Galapagos Initiative emphasises research, education, and community outreach and engagement, achieved through studies conducted in the GSC labs - genetics and microbiology, marine ecology, terrestrial ecology, and spatial analysis and modelling. Through linkages forged among UNC, USFQ, GSC, and the Galapagos National Park, a DNA-pipeline was created for the genetic sequencing of collected biological samples to support a host of molecular studies of iconic, native, and introduced species in the Galapagos Islands.
In addition to informing conservation efforts for the Galapagos Islands, Dr Walsh's research is providing a global template for the study of other conflicted and challenged island ecosystems. His main research interests include human-environment interactions, coupled human-natural systems, and cutting-edge geographic methods, including, remote sensing, geographic information systems, and spatial analysis. In 2012, Dr Walsh and Springer Nature launched the book series "Social and Ecological Interactions in the Galapagos Islands", for which he is still Series Editor together with Dr. Carlos F. Mena.
Dr. Carlos F. Mena is the Founding Director of the USFQ Institute of Geography and founding Co-Director of the Galapagos Science Center. Carlos F.Mena is Professor of Geography in the School of Biological and Environmental Sciences at USFQ and Adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Carlos F. Mena obtained his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) and has been doing research in the Amazon and Galapagos Islands for more than 20 years.
Since 2010, Carlos F. Mena co- created, developed, and lead the Galapagos Science Center (GSC). The GSC is an interdisciplinary research center in San Cristobal Island in the Galapagos Archipelago for the advancement of science, conservation and sustainable development of the Galapagos and Ecuador. Mena also co-created and manages the University Consortium for Galapagos Research, a network of international universities, which develop research projects in the Galapagos Islands through the Galapagos Science Center. The USFQ Institute of Geography (USFQ-IG), created by Carlos F. Mena in 2016, is an interdisciplinary space atthe Universidad San Francisco de Quito to foster geographic research and education in Ecuador.
Jill Stewart, Co-Guest Editor, is the Philip C. Singer Distinguished Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA and former Deputy Director of the UNC Center for Galapagos Studies. She develops novel techniques to detect and track pathogens in water. She is particularly interested in linkages between ecosystems and human health and well-being.Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez, Co-Guest Editor, has more than 20-years of experience in diving and surfing in the Galápagos and 10-years conducting research. Juan Pablo's research focuses on animal movement and ecology, especially sea turtles and other marine animals such as whales and dolphins. Since 2014 he has been a pioneer in investigating plastic pollution in Galápagos with the primary objective of using science to find solutions. Currently, he is completing his PhD at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Dr. Stephen J. Walsh是北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校地理學系的名譽傑出教授，也是加拉帕戈斯研究中心的創始名譽主任，以及北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校和厄瓜多爾聖弗朗西斯科大學加拉帕戈斯科學中心的聯合創始主任。
他與厄瓜多爾聖弗朗西斯科大學共同創辦了加拉帕戈斯計劃，並建立了戰略合作夥伴關係。該計劃包括2011年在厄瓜多爾聖克里斯托瓦爾島建造的佔地2萬平方英尺的加拉帕戈斯科學中心，該設施承辦了一個廣泛而密集的綜合和跨學科科學計劃。加拉帕戈斯計劃強調研究、教育和社區外展和參與，通過在加拉帕戈斯科學中心實驗室進行的研究來實現 - 包括基因和微生物學、海洋生態學、陸地生態學以及空間分析和建模。通過北卡羅來納大學、厄瓜多爾聖弗朗西斯科大學、加拉帕戈斯科學中心和加拉帕戈斯國家公園之間建立的聯繫，建立了一個DNA渠道，用於對加拉帕戈斯群島中收集的生物樣本進行基因序列分析，以支持對加拉帕戈斯群島中具有標誌性、本土和引入物種的一系列分子研究。
除了為加拉帕戈斯群島的保護工作提供信息外，Walsh博士的研究還為其他受衝突和挑戰的島嶼生態系統的研究提供了全球模板。他的主要研究興趣包括人與環境的相互作用、人與自然系統的相互作用，以及包括遙感、地理信息系統和空間分析在內的尖端地理方法。2012年，Walsh博士和Springer Nature共同推出了《加拉帕戈斯群島的社會和生態相互作用》系列，他仍然是該系列的系列編輯，與Carlos F. Mena博士一起。
Dr. Carlos F. Mena是厄瓜多爾聖弗朗西斯科大學地理學研究所的創始主任，也是加拉帕戈斯科學中心的聯合創始主任。Carlos F. Mena是厄瓜多爾聖弗朗西斯科大學生物與環境科學學院的地理學教授，也是北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校的兼職教授。Carlos F. Mena在北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校獲得地理學博士學位，並在亞馬遜和加拉帕戈斯群島進行研究超過20年。
自2010年以來，Carlos F. Mena共同創建、發展和領導了加拉帕戈斯科學中心。加拉帕戈斯科學中心是加拉帕戈斯群島聖克里斯托瓦爾島上的一個跨學科研究中心，致力於推進加拉帕戈斯群島和厄瓜多爾的科學、保護和可持續發展。Mena還共同創建並管理加拉帕戈斯研究大學聯盟，這是一個國際大學網絡，通過加拉帕戈斯科學中心在加拉帕戈斯群島開展研究項目。Carlos F. Mena於2016年創立的厄瓜多爾聖弗朗西斯科大學地理學研究所是壹個跨學科空間，旨在促進厄瓜多爾的地理研究和教育。
Jill Stewart，聯合特邀編輯，是北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校環境科學與工程系的菲利普·C·辛格杰出教授，也是北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校加拉帕戈斯研究中心的前副主任。她開發了檢測和追蹤水中病原體的新技術。她尤其關注生態系統與人類健康和福祉之間的聯繫。
Juan Pablo Muñoz-Pérez，聯合特邀編輯，在加拉帕戈斯群島潛水和衝浪方面擁有超過20年的經驗，進行研究已有10年之久。Juan Pablo的研究重點是動物遷徙和生態學，尤其是海龜和其他海洋動物，如鯨魚和海豚。自2014年以來，他一直是加拉帕戈斯群島塑料污染研究的先驅者，主要目標是通過科學找到解決方案。目前，他正在完成他的博士學位。
