第十五届高级生态学和保护生物学野外培训班招募通知

 招募通知

The Announcement of

The 15th Advanced Fieldcourse in Ecology and Conservation – XTBG (AFEC-X 2023)

报名时间：即日起至2023年7月31日15:00

Registration deadline: until 15:00 on July 31, 2023 

生物多样性的丧失及其对人类社会的影响引起了世界各国的担忧，生态学与保护生物学作为深入认识和保护生物多样性的基础学科而受到重视并得到迅速发展。独立于大学课程之外的培训班在促进研究者的交流与合作，培养生态学与保护生物学研究领域的国际化人才，促进新知识、新技能的传播等方面发挥着越来越重要的作用，并被普遍认可。

The loss of biodiversity and its impact on human society have aroused the concern of countries in the world. Ecology and Conservation Biology, taken as the basic disciplines for the conservation of the biodiversity, have been attached importance and developed rapidly nowadays. Non-formal education such as training courses independent of university formal courses are playing an increasingly important role in promoting the connection and cooperation of researchers, cultivating international talents in the field of ecology and conservation biology, and promoting the dissemination of new knowledge and research skills, and are widely recognized.

自2009年起，中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园（以下简称“版纳植物园”）开始举办高级生态学与保护生物学野外培训班。该班每年1届，至今已经举办了14届。培训班主要面向国内、东南亚各国以及其他国家及地区的研究生、青年学者、生态学及保护生物学等领域从业者等，开展生态学与保护生物学理论知识及实践技能培训。14年来，培训班累计收到超过65个国家567家机构的1539份申请，其中来自30个国家136家机构的385名申请者参加了该培训班的线下课程，其国际影响力和知名度越来越高，并已形成了一个以该培训班为核心的青年科学家网络。

Since 2009, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (XTBG) has started to hold AFEC-X. AFEX-X is held once a year and has been held for 14 sessions so far. The training course is mainly open to postgraduate students, young scholars and practitioners in the fields of Ecology and Conservation Biology in China, Southeast Asian countries etc. by offering relevant theoretical and practical courses. Over the past 14 years, AFEC-X has received 1539 applications from 567 institutions in 65 countries, of which 385 applicants from 136 institutions in 30 countries have participated in the training onsite. It has won a better and better reputations and gained international influence and popularity. A network of young scientists from AFEC-X has gradually formed.

AFEC-X是一门有关研究技能和研究方法的强化学习课程，主要面向生态学和保护生物学专业研究生、青年学者、相关领域从业者，传授生态学、保护生物学等学科的基础理论知识和前沿研究技术。

This program is an intensive course in academic skills and research methods of Ecology and Conservation Biology, intended primarily for early-stage graduate students and young scholars in Ecology and Conservation, providing training in both basic and cutting-edge techniques in Ecology and Conservation Biology.

培训目标

(1)系统性地提高区域青年人才的研究能力和信心，培养生态学、保护生物学等研究领域的国际化人才，以及生物多样性保护青年领袖；

(2)建立区域青年科学家网络，促进与国际热带生物学研究人员和生态研究人员的合作，为亚太地区生物多样性保护搭建合作、交流的平台；

(3)提高我国在世界热带生物学研究与生态保护工作中的影响力。

Training objectives

(1) Improving research capability and confidence systematically in young scientists, and cultivate international talents and young conservation leaders in fields of the biodiversity conservation;

(2) Fostering a regional network of young scientists, promoting the cooperation with international tropical biology researchers and ecological researchers, and building a platform for cooperation and communication on biodiversity conservation in the Asia Pacific region;

(3) Promote China's influence in the World tropical biology research and ecological conservation.

培训班将由中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园生态学与保护生物学领域的科学家及该领域的客座专家共同主持。采用理论讲座与野外实践相结合的方式进行授课。

AFEC-X will be mainly instructed by professors and visiting professors from XTBG in the field of Ecology and Conservation Biology. Theoretical lectures and field working are adopted for teaching.

热带地理特征、热带地区生物多样性威胁、生物多样性科学、气候变化生物学、保护生物学、动植物关系、昆虫生态学、群落生态学、环境教育等。

Module 1: Frontier studies about ecology and Conservation Biology 

Tropical Environments, Threats to Biodiversity in Tropical Areas, Biodiversity Science, Climate Change Biology, Conservation Biology, Plant-Animal Interactions, Insect Ecology, Community Ecology, Environmental Education, etc.

R统计分析与实验设计、可重复性科学研究、物种分布模型、多元分析、科研写作技巧、物种调查技术、生态站及野外样地实习等。

Module 2: Research technologies

Experimental Design and R Statistics, Open / Reproducible Sciences, Species Distribution Modelling, Animal Movement Modelling, Thermal Camera Application, Drone Monitoring, Presentation and Scientific Writing Skills, Ecological Stations and Field-plots Sites Visit, etc.

分小组独立完成独立课题，进行实验设计、数据收集及分析、报告撰写及答辩等。

Module 3: Independent projects

The independent projects will be completed independently in groups, including experimental design, data collection and analysis, report writing and defense.

Professor CHEN Jin,the Director of the Academic Committee，Chief Scientist of Environmental Education Center and PI at the Ecology & Evolution of Plant-Animal Interaction at XTBG. He has served as the director of XTBG from 2005 to 2021. The main research directions of him are the ecology and evolution of the plant-animal interaction, environmental/scientific education and conservation biology. He has published more than 100 papers in international journals such as Cell, Nature Communications, Ecology, and Environmental Education Research.

Professor Richard Corlett, Honorary Professor of XTBG, the chief scientist of the Asian chapter of the fifth assessment report (AR5) of the second working group (WGII) of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), principal author of Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Asia-Pacific for the Asia Pacific, and the editor in chief of Global Ecology and Conservation, the deputy editor in chief of Biological Conservation, and Tropical Conservation Science, and the editorial board member of Ecological Monographs. He has written books such as Tropical Rain Forests: An Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison, and has published more than 180 academic papers so far.

Professor Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz, PI at the Megafauna Ecology and Conservation Group of XTBG. His research expertise is on the ecology and conservation of large mammals, specifically on understanding their roles in ecosystem processes (e.g. seed dispersal) and promoting human-wildlife coexistence with animals that are prone to conflicts, such as elephants. He is also interested in capacity building and evidence-based approaches to conservation decision-making and practice. He served as a member of the editorial board of international academic journals such as Global Ecology and Conservation, Integrated Zoology, and Current Conservation, and has published about 70 SCI papers and one monograph in international journals.

Professor Akihiro Nakamura, PI at the Forest Canopy Ecology Group of XTBG, an internationally renowned tropical forest insect ecologist, and the editorial board member of Biodiversity and Conservation and Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. His research fields are mainly in Community Ecology, Entomology, Biodiversity protection, etc. and the key research direction is the response and adaptation mechanism of forest canopy biodiversity to different habitats and climate change. About 70 academic papers have been published in international academic journals such as Science, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, Ecology Letters, Journal of Biogeography Ecological Entomology, etc.

中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园群落生态与保护研究组组长，主要研究方向为景观保护、森林生态、稀树草原生态、植物功能性状多样性，如了解植物功能和生长对干扰和资源的响应，以及这如何影响景观内和景观间的物种分布。自2020年起，担任国际学术期刊Ecology 副主编。

Professor Kyle W. Tomlinson, PI at Community Ecology and Conservation Group of XTBG, working on landscape conservation, forest ecology, savanna ecology, and functional trait diversity，such as understanding plant function and growth in response to disturbances and resources, and how this affects species distribution within and across landscapes. Since 2020 he has been the associate editor of Ecology. 

中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园林冠生态学研究组副研究员，主要研究方向为生物多样性、森林生态系统功能、植物功能性状对土壤碳和养分循环的影响。

Associate professor Gbadamassi G. O. Dossa, from Forest Canopy Ecology Group of XTBG, working on biodiversity, forest ecosystem functioning, plant functional traits effect on carbon and nutrient cycling.

1.中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园(XTBG)

成立于1959年，为中国科学院直属事业单位。版纳植物园是一个非营利性的综合性植物园，以科学研究、物种保存和科普教育为发展使命，通过开展生态学和植物多样性保护科学研究、园艺展览和公众教育，促进科学发展和环境保护。XTBG致力于成为植物多样性保护和生态研究的理想基地，以及热带植物的诺亚方舟。

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, CAS (XTBG)

XTBG an institutions directly under the CAS, was founded in 1959. XTBG is a non-profit, comprehensive botanical garden involved in scientific research, plant diversity conservation, and public science education. XTBG promotes science development and environmental conservation through implementing scientific research on ecology and plant diversity conservation, horticultural exhibition, and public education. XTBG envisions to be a desirable base for plant diversity conservation and ecological studies, and Noah’s Ark for tropical plants.

2.版纳植物园野外生态系统观测站

建站于1959年，位于云南省西双版纳傣族自治州勐腊县勐仑镇，是中国生态系统研究网络（CERN）中唯一的热带雨林生态系统研究站，也是国家重点野外科学观测网络（CNERN）试验站之一。其所在区域海拔570 米，是我国大陆热带雨林集中分布的重要区域，同时也是东南亚热带雨林分布的最北缘，生物区系成分复杂、物种多样性富集。该站主要进行热带雨林生态系统结构、功能和动态的长期定位综合观测研究，是野外综合观测研究平台、室内分析与样品保存平台、信息采集共享与管理平台。

Field Ecosystem Research Stations of XTBG

Founded in 1959, the station is located in Menglun Town, Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. It is the only tropical rainforest ecosystem research station in the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN) and one of the national key field scientific observation networks (CNERN) test stations. The area where it is located is 570 m above sea level. It is an important area where tropical rain forests are concentrated in mainland China, and also the northernmost edge of Southeast Asian tropical rain forests. The biota composition is complex and the species diversity is rich. The station is mainly engaged in long-term positioning comprehensive observation and research on the structure, function and dynamics of tropical rainforest ecosystem. It is a platform of the field comprehensive observation and research, and an indoor analysis and sample storage, a platform of the research information collection, sharing and management as well.

3.哀牢山亚热带森林生态系统研究站

建站于1981年，位于云南省普洱市景东彝族自治县境内哀牢山国家级自然保护区北段山顶部，海拔2500米。哀牢山站是集区域生态系统定位观测、森林生态系统生态学和保护生物学研究、山地可持续发展模式示范、森林生态学人才培养等功能为一体的野外开放型研究站。

Ailao Mountain subtropical forest ecosystem research station，XTBG

Founded in 1981, the station is located at the top of the north section of Ailao Mountain National Nature Reserve in Jingdong Yi Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, China with an altitude of 2450 meters. Ailao Mountain station is an open field research station integrating the functions of the regional ecosystem positioning observation, forest ecosystem ecology and conservation biology research, demonstration of sustainable development mode in mountainous areas, and training of forest ecology talents.

4.元江干热河谷生态站

建站于2011年，位于云南省玉溪市元江县，以我国西南地区干热河谷生态系统环境要素的变化及其演化规律为主要研究内容，探讨干热河谷生态系统的结构与功能及其对环境变化的响应机制，在干热河谷生物资源保育、生态系统管理、生态保护以及应对全球变化等方面开展多学科、多尺度的交叉研究，促进退化生态系统的恢复重建，推进当地经济社会与环境的协调发展。

Yuanjiang Savanna Ecosystem Research Station, XTBG

Founded in 2011, the station is located in Yuanjiang County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, China. It mainly focuses on the changes and evolution laws of the dry-hot valley ecosystem in Southwest China, looks for the structure and function of the dry-hot valley ecosystem and its response mechanism to environment changes, and conducts multidisciplinary and multi-scale cross research on the conservation of biological resources, ecosystem management, ecological conservation and response to global changes in the dry-hot valley to promote the restoration and reconstruction of degraded ecosystems, and the coordinated development of local economy, society and environment.

培训时间：2023年10月26日至12月6日（6周）

培训地点：中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园

培训对象：生态学、保护生物学等研究领域研究生、青年学者、相关领域从业者等，不超过30人。

培训语言：英语 

Training dates: 26 Oct – 6 Dec 2023 (6 weeks)

Venue: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China

Target students: early-stage graduate students and young scholars in Ecology and Conservation. The number of participants is less than 30.

Training language: English

培训费用：免收培训费

其他费用：学员往返植物园的费用自理；培训期间，主办方统一安排食宿，学员需缴纳部分食宿费用（2500~5000元/人，可申请奖学金）

Course fee: No course fee will be charged

Other cost: The costs of the journey between participant's departure city and XTBG are self-care. The course organizer will arrange food and hotel and cover part the costs for participants. Participants need to pay part of the food and hotel (2500~5000 RMB/person).

奖学金：本培训设置有奖学金，学员可申请用于支付培训期间的食宿费用；奖学金将根据学员申请资料、面试成绩、经济情况等条件授予（详见申请表）。

Scholarships: The course has some budget for scholarships (see the application form for details) to cover the food and hotel, which will be awarded based on both merit and financial need.

课程学分：AFEC-X已录入中国科学院大学（UCAS）研究生课程。UCAS和中科院所属机构的研究生完成AFEC-X全日制学习后，将获得6个课程学分。

Course credits: AFEC-X has obtained accreditation from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). Graduate students from UCAS and institutions affiliated to Chinese Academy of Sciences will receive 6 course credits towards their degree program upon completion of the AFEC-X full-time study. Other participants may be able to arrange recognition of these credits by their home institutions.

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