Science for Nature and People (SNAP) releases the 2014 Call for
Proposals seeking projects that use existing data to fill important
knowledge gaps and advance solutions to significant problems at the
intersection of nature conservation and human well-being. Projects must
have the potential to generate clear outcomes for improving livelihoods
and nature conservation, and should examine a geographic scale that can
produce generalizable conclusions and/or replicable solutions.
SNAP is a new partnership between the National Center for Ecological
Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS),The Nature Conservancy (TNC
<http://www.nature.org/>), and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS
<http://www.wcs.org/>)/. /As a boundary institution SNAP Working Group
projects cross the boundary from analysis to action.
We seek proposals for Working Groups that help answer two overarching
questions:
1) ?How can conservation actions benefit a critical mass of people today
while addressing long-term ecological resilience and sustainability?
2) How can economic development be achieved without irreversible or
severe environmental damage?
SNAP Call for Proposals <https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/snap/rfp> is
available on the NCEAS website.
For more information about SNAP visit snap.is <http://snap.is>.
Proposals for SNAP Working Groups must be submitted by May 20, 2014 at
12:00 noon PST.
From the Fall 2013 Call for Proposals we have selected six new SNAP
Working Group projects
<https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/announcing-snap-2014-call-proposals-and-six-new-snap-working-groups>.
Each Working Group will bring science to solving some of the world's
biggest challenges involving nature and human well-being --- from urban
water security to hydraulic fracturing's impact on water quality
<http://www.snap.is/groups/hydraulic-fracturing/>, from the sustainable
management of fish stocks
<http://www.snap.is/groups/data-limited-fisheries/> to feeding 9 billion
people without destroying the planet
<http://www.snap.is/groups/ridges-to-reef-fisheries/>.These projects
combine an interdisciplinary synthesis research effort including policy
makers and/or practitioners engaged from the very beginning with a clear
implementation strategy that has the potential for specific, achievable
outcomes through WCS or TNC conservation programs, or through the
broader conservation community.
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LeeAnne French
Associate Director Communication and Outreach
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
[email protected]
805-892-2529
