Auburn University's Center for Forest Sustainability will be hosting its 3rd interdisciplinary conference, “Emerging Issues Along Urban-Rural Interfaces: Linking Science and Society” ma Sheraton Atlanta, ʻApelila 11-14, 2010. The overarching theme and goal of the conference is linking human dimensions features of urban/rural interfaces with ecological interfaces with urban/rural interfaces with ecological interfaces. Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ka Center e hāʻawi ana ia mau loulou i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki o nā ʻike hou a ikaika no ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mana i hoʻohālikelike ʻia, a i hoʻohālikelike ʻia e, urbanization a hāʻawi i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā kumu a me nā hopena o nā kulekele pili i ke kūlanakauhale. Ke ʻimi nei lākou e hōʻuluʻulu i nā mea noiʻi, nā loea, a me nā mea hana kulekele e kaʻana like i nā hopena noiʻi o kēia manawa a me nā hoʻolālā hoʻokō, a e ʻike i nā āpau ʻike, nā pilikia, a me nā manawa e pili ana i ka pilina ma waena o ke kūlanakauhale a me nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe. ʻO ka mea nui, e hōʻike ʻia nā ala e pili ana i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka noiʻi socioeconomic a me ka ʻepekema. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo kēia ʻaha kūkā e lilo i kaʻa no ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā papa hana noʻonoʻo no ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka noiʻi hoʻohui ʻia, akā he puka pū kekahi no ka kaʻana like ʻana i nā noiʻi hihia, a me ka hōʻike ʻana i nā pono o ka noiʻi hoʻohui ʻia e hiki ke hāʻawi i nā ʻepekema, nā mea hoʻolālā hoʻohana ʻāina, nā mea hana kulekele, a me ke kaiāulu.
ʻO nā mea ʻōlelo nui i hōʻoia ʻia:
- Kauka Marina Alberti, Kulanui o Wakinekona
- Kauka Ted Gragson, Ke Kulanui o Georgia a me Coweta LTER
- Kauka Steward Pickett, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Study a me Baltimore LTER
- ʻO Kauka Rich Pouyat, USDA Forest Service
- Kauka Charles Redmon, Arizona State University a me Phoenix LTER
Aia kahi pūʻulu kālā e hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo no nā haumāna.
No ka ʻike hou aku e kelepona iā David N. Laband, Forest Policy Center, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, 334-844-1074 (leo) a i ʻole 334-844-1084 fax.