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INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR
GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
(IAI)
EC XI - CoP VII
July 25-28, 2000
Merida, Mexico
9_ECXI/CoPVII/DID/English/June 9,2000
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Twelfth meeting of the IAI Scientific Advisory Committee
Tucson, Arizona
November 18–19, 1999
MINUTES
Participating Members
John Stewart – Chair
Carlos Octavio Scoppa
Fernando Ortega Sastriques
Ronald Woodman
Otis Brown
Diana Liverman
Luis Bevilacqua (on the 19th)
Observers
Paul Filmer (on the 19th )
Other Participants
See the attached participant list (Attachment 1)
Day 1: November 18
Opening Business
Welcoming comments were made by Dr. Jonathan Overpeck, Director of the Institute for
the Study of Planet Earth at the University of Arizona, and Dr. Diana Liverman, host for the
meeting. The first order of business was approval of the agenda (Attachment 2) and of the
minutes from the eleventh meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC XI). Next, Dr.
Armando Rabuffetti, Director of the IAI, presented a report on the Conflict of Interest Policy for the
SAC. He informed the SAC that the official rule of the IAI on this issue will be considered by the
Executive Committee at their next meeting. The SAC approved Dr. Rabuffetti’s report concerning
this policy.
Directorate Activities: Update
Dr. Rabuffetti provided an overview of the distribution of IAI awards for the support of (1)
research projects, (2) capacity-building efforts, and (3) workshops. The SAC suggested to the
Director that the report be modified to give greater emphasis to the capacity-building activities of
the IAI and to clarify the sources of funding. The SAC felt that summarizing activities in this way
was very useful.
The Scientific Officer, Dr. Brad Wilcox, presented an update of the CRN program. The
SAC had the following recommendations relative to the CRN: (1) provide a description of each
project on the IAI web page; (2) send out money to PIs on a semiannual basis; (3) schedule a
meeting of the PIs to coincide with the next SAC meeting; and (4) encourage more interaction
between the SAC and the CRN project personnel (a statement of how this greater interaction
would be achieved was drafted and approved by the SAC and is attached to this report
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[Attachment 3]. As detailed in Table 1, one SAC member was assigned to each project, to serve
as the primary contact person.
Table 1. SAC members assigned to CRN projects
CRN Principal Investigator
SAC member
Luckman
Bevilacqua
MagaÒa
Median
Campos
Brown
Cornejo
Woodman
Nunez
Liverman
Baumgartner
Brown
Silva
Ortega
Sala
Medina
Vernet
Bevilacqua
Tiessen
Scoppa
McClain
Stewart
Wood
Stewart
Franco
Liverman
Confaloniarii
Robinson
A general discussion on communication followed. The SAC felt that a background article
on the IAI would be useful as the organization interacts with other global change organizations
(such as the IGBP, the ISCU, the IHDP, and the WMO. The SAC encouraged the IAI to increase
the number of press releases of IAI activities and suggested that the IAI Directorate take
advantage of opportunities to interact with the press through “press release” home pages. In
particular, the SAC recommended a press release specifically on the CRN. A number of journals
were suggested as potential outlets for IAI-related articles: Climate Change, EOS, and
Interciencias. Dr. Rabuffetti shared with the SAC that, along with Dr. Paul Filmer, he intended to
edit a book about the history of the IAI.
Training and Education
Dr. Otis Brown presented a summary of the first IAI Summer Training Institute and
described the activities being planned. for the 2nd Summer Institute (Attachment 4). Concerns
expressed were that the IAI needs to make the opportunities offered by the Summer Institutes
more widely known, particularly in smaller countries; and that the number of social scientists who
applied for openings was very low. Finally, the participants discussed who might make good
leaders for the 2nd Summer Institute.
Interactions with Other Organizations
The IAI Director and six other IAI members, participated in the Climate and Agriculture
meeting that was jointly supported by the IAI, START, IGBP, GCTE, and WMO. IAI activities with
LOICZ, IHDP, NOAA, and the USAID were also briefly reported on. The request by WAVES to
become officially sanctioned by the IAI was considered. The SAC expressed an interest in
collaborating with WAVES and, to learn more about this possibility, instructed the Directorate to
invite a WAVES representative to the next SAC meeting. The representative will be asked to
describe the work of WAVES and to suggest how a collaboration between the two organizations
might work.
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PESCA
A review of the work of the PESCA panel and mail reviewers was given by Brad Wilcox. A
general discussion related to the PESCA selection process followed, and there was some
discussion related to specific proposals. But the SAC did not modify the recommendation of the
PESCA panel. The decision was made to forward the panel’s ratings for the PESCA proposals to
the Executive Council with the recommendation that the projects be funded in the order in which
they were ranked. Only projects ranked 3 or above will be presented to the Executive Council
(Attachment 5). The SAC recommended that the Directorate reduce the combined funding for
PESCA projects 5 and 15, because they come from the same research group (specifically, that
total funding for the two projects be reduced from $52 K to between $42 and $45 K).
Potential conflicts of interest were declared by Diana Liverman, who works for the same
institution as does Alejando Leon, a PESCA co-PI; and by Ronald Woodman, who is a co-PI on
another project. The SAC conflict of interest rules were followed in each case.
The SAC made some general recommendations concerning PESCA, including (1)
announcements of future PESCA programs should be coordinated with the IAI Summer Institute,
and participants should be encouraged to submit a PESCA proposal; (2) efforts to increase the
participation of scientists from small countries should be stepped up; and (3) The Hurricane
workshop should include the writing of proposals as an activity. (A full report on the PESCA
process has been submitted to the NSF and is available for SAC review.)
Future Directions of the IAI
The SAC devoted considerable time to discussing what the future direction of the IAI
should be. The members concurred that a high priority should be placed on supporting a new
round of research and capacity- building projects. There was general agreement that projects
funded at about $150K over a three-year period was about the right size. Further, a high priority
should be placed on bringing in new participants and broadening the range of themes. Some
possible future themes could include coastal migration, changes in land use and vegetation cover,
coastal zone management, climate risk and vulnerability, and integrated assessment. In general,
there should be a broader focus on the environment and a special emphasis on projects that
synthesize issues. It was felt that in addition to ISP-type programs, a new Start-Up program is
required. Some concern was expressed that the CRN program is too new to evaluate its
effectiveness. It was agreed that bringing a new generation of scientists into the IAI system—as
was accomplished by the original Start-Up and ISP programs—should be a high priority, and that it
is important to have a new call every year. Finally, the SAC recommended that the IAI broaden
its funding base to improve long-term stability.
Day 2: November 19
The second day began with presentations from researchers at the University of Arizona
who are working in areas related to global change.
Future Directions of the IAI
After the presentations, the SAC welcomed Dr. Paul Filmer, NSF Program Officer, to the
meeting. Dr. Filmer informed the SAC about a change in leadership in the Geosciences Program
of the NSF: as of January 2000, Dr. Margareth Leinen will be the Associate Director of
Geosciences. Dr. Filmer stressed that this change will not affect the commitment of the NSF to the
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IAI. He then described the activities and the conclusions of the fund-raising working group of the
IAI. He suggested that to be attractive to the larger banks, such as the World Bank and the
International Development Bank, the IAI needs to express its efforts more in the language of
sustainable development than in that of global change. A general discussion followed about the
future directions of the IAI, and specifically how the IAI might be more attractive to funding
agencies. Some of the points brought up during this far-ranging discussion are:
• The case needs to be made that global change issues are indeed related to sustainable
development issues.
• The IAI needs to be more active in learning what the needs of potential funding
organizations are.
• Foundations and other organizations in the private sector should be looked at as possible
funding sources.
• The IAI should consider how debt swapping” might be used the Institute’s advantage.
• IAI-supported projects should be more explicitly linked with policy, and it should be made
clear how end users might benefit from IAI-supported work.
• The IAI’s annual report might be modified to more aggressively sell the Institute.
In the end, it was agreed that what is most important is that new funding opportunities be
made available to continue what has been started through the Start-Up, ISP, and CRN programs.
The question was asked, “Are we in the mode to sustain what has already been accomplished?”
It was agreed that it is very important to establish linkages with the new NSF Associate Director of
Geosciences; it was suggested that she be encouraged to attend the next meeting of the SAC and
the CRN PIs, and Paul Filmer agreed to facilitate her attendance.
Dates and Site for Future Meeting
Possible dates and locations for the next meeting were discussed. Washington, DC was
mentioned as an attractive option.
SAC Elections
The terms of SAC members Scoppa and Ortega end this year. Those of SAC members
Stewart, Liverman, Medina, and Woodman end in October 2000. Because the Executive
Committee appreciates recommendations for new SAC members from the existing SAC, there
was some discussion about potential new members. Among the suggested candidates were
Soorosh Sooroshian, a hydrologist from the United States; Jim Shuttleworth, a microclimatologist
from the United States; Alice Grimm, a climatologist from Brazil; Rolando Leon, a soil scientist
from Argentina; Walther Baethgen, an agronomist from Uruguay; Alejandro Castellanos, an
ecologist from Mexico; Patricio Aceituno, a climatologist from Chile; Robert Stewart, a forester
from Canada; Carlos Fernandez, a hydrologist currently living in Uruguay; Roberto Sanchez, a
social scientist from the United States; Cynthia Rosenzweig, an agricultural scientist from the
United States; Emilio Moran, a social scientist from the United States; and Roger Pilke, a
climatologist from the United States.
Adjounment
On behalf of the SAC and the IAI, the SAC chair adjourned the meeting in thanking all the
SAC members for their participation and expressing special thanks to Diana Liverman for hosting
the meeting and to the IAI staff for making the arrangements.
A list of action items that resulted from the meeting is attached to this report (Attachment 6).
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Attachments
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
List of participants
Agenda
Statement of interaction between SAC and CRN projects
Report on the 1999 IAI Summer Training Institute
Pesca proposals ranked 3 or above
List of action items
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XII SAC Meeting
November 18-19, 1999
Tucson, AZ - USA
List of Participants
John W. B. Stewart (SAC Chairman)
(Dean Emeritus )
University of Saskatchewan
118, Epron Road
Salt Spring Island, B.C.
V8K 1C7
Canada
Tel.: (1-250) 537-9250
E-mail: [email protected]
Fernando Ortega Sastriques
Centro de Antropología
Laboratorio del Cuaternario
Calzada de Buenos Aires, 111
Cerro, Ciudad Habana - 10600
Cuba
Tel.: (53-7) 78-2341/62-6606
Fax: (53-7) 33-8054
E-mail: [email protected]
Luiz Bevilacqua
(Associate Director for Graduate Studies)
Laboratório Nacional de Computação
Científica (LNCC)
Av. Getúlio Vargas, 333 - Quitandinha
Petrópolis, RJ
25651-070
Brasil
Tel.: (55-24) 233-6049/6024
Fax: (55-24) 233-6167
E-mail: [email protected]
Carlos Octavio Scoppa
(Director)
Centro de Investigaciones de Recursos
Naturales - CIRN
I.N.T.A. – Los Reservos y Las Cabañas
Castelar 1712
Argentina
Tel.: (54-11) 4621-6569
Fax: (54-11) 481-2360
E-mail: [email protected],
[email protected]
Otis Brown
(Dean/Professor)
Rosenstiel School of Marine and
Atmospheric Science
University of Miami
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149-1098
USA
Tel.: (1-305) 361-4000
Fax: (1-305) 361-4711
E-mail: [email protected]
Ronald F. Woodman
(Presidente Ejecutivo)
Instituto Geofìsico del Perú
Calle Calatrava 216, Urb. Camino Real
La Molina
Lima 12
Peru
Telefax: (51-1) 436-8437
E-mail: [email protected]
Invitees
Diana Liverman
(Director, Latin American Area Center)
University of Arizona
103, Douglass Building
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
Tel.: (1-520) 626-7242
Fax: (1-520) 626- 7248
E-mail: [email protected]
Tim Finan
(Director)
Bureau of Applied Research in
Anthropology
BARA
Havry 316
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
Tel.: (1-520) 621-6282
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Fax: (1-520) 621-9608
E-mail: [email protected]
Barbara Morehouse
(Program Manager – CLIMAS)
Institute for Study of Planet Earth (ISPE)
715 N. Park, 2nd floor
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
Tel.: (1-520) 622-9018
Fax: (1-520) 792-8795
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria Carmem M. Lemos
(Assist. Research Professor)
LAAC
University of Arizona
103, Douglass Building
Tucson, AZ 85721-0028
USA
Tel.: (1-520) 626-7242
Fax: (1-520) 626-7248
E-mail: [email protected]
Jonathan Overpeck
(Director)
Institute for Study of Planet Earth (ISPE)
715, N. Park Avenue, 2nd floor
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
Tel.: (1-520) 622-9062
Fax: (1-520) 792-8795
E-mail: [email protected]
Soroosh Sorooshian
(Professor & Director of NSF-STC)
Dept. of Hydrology & Water Resources
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85750
USA
Tel.: (1-520) 621-1661
Fax: (1-520) 626-2488
E-mail: [email protected]
William A. Sprigg
(Deputy Director & Research Professor)
Institute for Study of Planet Earth (ISPE)
715 N. Park, 2nd floor
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA
Tel.: (1-520) 622-9062/9014
Fax: (1-520) 792-8795
E-mail: [email protected]
Observer
Paul Filmer
(Program Director for International
Collaboration and Infrastructure
Development)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
4201 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA – 22230
USA
Tel.: (1-703) 306-0892/1515
Fax: (1-703) 306-0091
E-mail: [email protected]
IAI Staff
Armando Rabuffetti (Director)
Tel.: (55-12) 345-6854
Fax: (55-12) 341-4410
E-mail: [email protected]
Bradford Wilcox (Scientific Officer)
Tel.: (55-12) 345-6860
Fax: (55-12) 341-4410
E-mail: [email protected]
Marcella Ohira Schwarz
(Communications, Training and Education
Officer)
Tel.: (55-12) 345-6858
Fax: (55-12) 341-4410
E-mail: [email protected]
Luciana Q. Ribeiro (Secretary)
Tel.: (55-12) 345-6855/56
Fax: (55-12) 341-4410
E-mail: [email protected]
Inter-American Institute for Global Change
Research (IAI)
c/o INPE
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Av. dos Astronautas, 1758 – Jd. da Granja
São José dos Campos – SP
12227-010
Brasil
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INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH
____________________________________________________________
Twelfth Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee
November 18 and 19, 1999
Tucson, USA
November 18, 1999: Morning Session
9:00 9:40 am
Opening Business
Welcoming comments: Jonathan Overpeck, the Director Institute for the Study of
Planet Earth, and Diana Liverman, Director of Latin America Area Center.
Charge to the Committee
Introduction of SAC Members and Participants
Discussion and Approval of the SAC XII Agenda
Discussion and Approval of the SAC XI Meeting Report
Approval of SAC conflict of interest policy
SAC Chair
09:40 - 10:30 am
Update of Directorate Activities
Overview: Armando Rabuffetti
Status of ongoing programs: CRN and ISP – Brad Wilcox
Communications activities: Marcella Ohira
10:30 – 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:30 pm
Update of Directorate Activities (Continued)
Training and Education: Otis Brown and Armando Rabuffetti:
Interactions with other global change organizations: IAI Staff
New Initiatives: Armando Rabuffetti
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Lunch
November 18, 1999: Afternoon Session
2:00 – 3:30 pm
3:30 – 4:00 pm
4:00 – 5:00 pm
PESCA: Overview of process and final selection
SAC Chair
Coffee Break
PESCA discussion (cont.) SAC chair
November 19, 1999: Morning Session
9:00 –10:30 am
Global Change Research at University of Arizona
Speakers to be introduced by Diana Liverman
10:30 – 11:00 am
Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00 noon
Discussion on Future Directions SAC Chair
C/o INPE
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Av. dos Astronautas, 1758  12227-010 São José dos Campos, SP  BRASIL
Tel. +55.12.345-6855/56  Fax +55.12.341-4410
12:00pm
1:30– 3:00pm
Lunch
SAC business
Election of SAC members – Conference of the Parties slots
Future SAC Meetings: Dates and Sites
SAC chair
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Terms of Reference
SAC/CRN INTERACTIONS
The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) of the IAI will play an active oversight role in regards to
the Collaborative Research Program. In addition to the normal oversight responsibilities, members
of the SAC will have a more active interaction with selected CRN projects. A SAC member will
be identified as a primary point of contact for each CRN project. The primary responsibility of the
SAC member in this role is that of an advocate for the project as well as being familiar enough with
the project to provide advise to the Directorate as needed. In addition the SAC member may
provide advise the CRN investigators. Directives in regards to project management, however, will
all flow through the Directorate.
The Directorate will forward all relevant progress and financial reports to the SAC member, in
addition to other important communications. In addition the Directorate will contact each CRN
project PI informing them of the new SAC role and providing contact details for the assigned SAC
member. The PI will then be encouraged to contact the SAC member and keep him informed
about the project.
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First IAI/UM Summer Institute on Interdisciplinary Science in the Americas,
“Interactions between Seasonal to Inter-annual Climate Variability and Human
Systems”.
To enhance communication and foster effective collaboration between early-career natural and
social scientists from the Americas, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research
(IAI) and the University of Miami (UM) joined efforts to implement a Summer Institute on
Interdisciplinary Science in the Americas. Each year, Institute activities will be organized
around a different global change issue of regional importance and societal relevance. The
IAI/UM Summer Institute, a new component of the IAI’s long-term training and education
strategy, has support from the United States’ National Science Foundation.
The first IAI/UM Summer Institute took place at the Rosenstiel School of the University of
Miami, Florida, USA, between July 11 and July 30, 1999. The theme was “Interactions
between Seasonal to Inter-Annual Climate Variability and Human Systems”. The 1999 Institute
explored links between climate variability associated mainly with the El Niño-Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon and important socio-economic sectors (e.g., agriculture,
management of water resources). In particular, the occurrence of ENSO events with lead times
of several months, and the feasibility of incorporating this information into decision-making or
policy-making processes.
A WWW site has been developed for the Summer Institute. The site includes general
information about the Summer Institute objectives and eligibility criteria, as well as detailed
information about the 1999 Institute, ranging from brief profiles of Institute participants, to a
detailed program of activities, lecture notes, and results from the mini-projects. The WWW
address is http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/IAIUM.
Twenty participants (Table 1) from 12 IAI Member Countries were selected for the 1999
Summer Institute after a rigorous process involving the review of over 85 complete applications.
The participants ranged from a few advanced graduate students to a couple of senior scientists.
Most participants were in the 30-35 year age range, had a post-graduate degree, and were
actively involved in research and/or teaching in their home institutions.
Two experienced scientists with complementary backgrounds led the first Summer Institute. Dr.
Diana Liverman, Director of the Latin American Studies program at the University of Arizona,
USA, coordinated the social science component. Dr. Alice Grimm, from the Federal University
of Paraná, Brazil, and a visiting scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate
Prediction (IRI) led the natural sciences component. Recognized experts on interannual climate
variability and its effects on human systems presented a series of guest lectures during the First
Institute. A list of guest lecturers is presented in Table 2.
The first Summer Institute involved a broad variety of activities in addition to the lectures.
Participants completed two hands-on research mini-projects. The first mini-project focused on
ENSO and agricultural production in Argentina, and was coordinated by Dr. James Hansen
(University of Florida, USA) with asistance from Mr. Carlos Messina (University of Buenos
Aires, Argentina). Dr. Remigio Galarraga (Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador), and Dr.
Edilson Heredia-Calderón (Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología, Ecuador)
coordinated the second mini-project, focused on climate variability and water resources in
Ecuador. Participants also engaged in several participatory activities, including various
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role-playing exercises, preparing a regional seasonal forecast based on climate information from
several sources (assembled by Brazil’s CPTEC), and developing and conducting a small field
survey on public perceptions of climate risk. To gain experience in the design of scientific
projects, teams of participants wrote two-page research pre-proposals.
Participants
subsequently evaluated the pre-proposals following the guidelines and procedures actually used
by the IAI for project review. The Institute organizers thank the Institute leaders, mini-project
coordinators, guest lecturers, and, most especially, the Institute participants for the tiem and
effort invested by all in the success of the first Summer Institute.
The second IAI/UM Summer Institute will take place in Miami between July 16 and August, 4,
2000. The theme will involve the natural and social dimensions of land use and land cover in
the Americas. Round-trip airfare and subsistence expenses for participants will be covered.
Most Institute activities will be conducted in English. Eligibility requirements and selection
criteria will be listed in the WWW site. Readers interested in applying for participation should
check the Institute’s site in the next few weeks, as a pre-announcement for the 2000 Institute
will be released soon. Potential applicants soon will be able to sign up via the WWW to receive
further information.
Guillermo Podestá
IAI/UM Science Coordinator
e-mail: [email protected]
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Table 1. List of participants in the 1999 IAI/UM Summer Institute.
Participant
Country
Cecilia Conde
Mexico
Brazil
Brazil
USA
Brazil
Canada
Argentina
Chile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Venezuela
USA
USA
Uruguay
Paraguay
Argentina
Jamaica
Mexico
Argentina
USA
Marcos Costa
Claudine Dereczynski
Kirstin Dow
Simone Ferraz
Alexandre Gagnon
Patricia Jaime
Alejandro León
Ileana Mora
Lino Naranjo
Giampaolo Orlandoni
Thomas Pagano
Andrea Ray
Alvaro Roel
Sonia Rojas
Silvina Solman
Michael Taylor
Angel Villalobos (departed early)
Marta Vinocur
Antoinette Wannebo
Table 2. List of guest lectures in the 1999 IAI/UM Summer Institute.
Lecturer
Affiliation
Guillermo Berri
University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory, USA
UNESCO, Latin America and Caribbean Office
National Science Foundation , USA
University of Florida, USA
NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological
Laboratory, USA
Texas A&M University, USA
CPTEC, Brazil
NOAA Office of Global Programs
University of New Hampshire, USA
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
NOAA Office of Global Programs
Antonio Busalacchi
David Enfield
Carlos Fernández Jáuregui
Paul Filmer
Jim Jones
Chris Landsea
Jim Mjelde
Carlos Nobre
Roger Pulwarty
Barret Rock
Chester Ropelewski
Caitlin Simpson
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Brad Wilcox
IAI Directorate
Preliminary Announcement
(Release date: October 14, 1999)
Second IAI/UM Summer Institute on Interdisciplinary Science in the Americas
“Environmental and social implications of land use and land cover change in
the Americas”
Miami, Florida, USA
July 16 – August 4, 2000
The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and the University of Miami
(UM) announce the Second IAI/UM Summer Institute, to be held in Miami from July 16 to
August 4, 2000. The theme selected for this year’s Institute is “Environmental and social
implications of land use and land cover change in the Americas”. The Institute will explore the
dynamics and interactions of land use and lan cover change as both major inputs to, and
consequences of global environmental change. Land use and land cover changes have major
implications for sustainable development and livelihood systems in the Americas. The
Institute’s theme will be explored from a multidisciplinary perspective, including both its natural
and social dimensions. A preliminary program for the second Institute, as well as a list of
instructors and guest lecturers will be released in late 1999. General background on the
IAI/UM
Summer
Institute
can
be
accessed
through
the
WWW
at
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/IAIUM.
Twenty applicants (approximately equal numbers of social and natural scientists) from IAI
member countries will be selected to attend the second Summer Institute. Selected applicants
will receive financial support covering travel to/from Miami, housing and meal expenses, and
health insurance to participate in the Summer Institute. Specific information on eligibility and
selection criteria, as well as instructions on applying for participation will be available soon at
the Institute’s WWW site. In the meantime, potential applicants can register to receive further
information as soon as it becomes available by filing out an electronic form at
http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/IAIUM.
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Fundable Proposals - PESCA
Title
Efectos de los cambios globales sobre la diversidad de la
vegetación en ecosistemas insulares y continentales
When oceans conspire: Examining the effect of concurrent
SST Anomalies in the Tropical Atlantic and Pacific on
Caribbean Rainfall
Estudios dendroncronologicos de eventos El Niño y otras
variaciones climáticas
Analysing and understanding climate variability in the
Caribbean Islands
Predicting ENSO effects on sugar cane yields using a
weather-generator and mechanistic crop modeling
Impact of forestry on Uruguayan grasslands: changes in
landuse patterns and ecosystem functioning
Dowscaling activities and their applications of studies of
climate variability and change in South America
An inventory of Disasters in Chile, ENSO and non-ENSO
related: A La Red-Chile Project
Characterization of stratospheric and upper tropospheric
aerosols over Central and South America
Mercury in Andean Amazon river catchments – MAARC
Project
Aplicación de modelos numéricos de alta resolución en la
simulación de la circulación atmosférica a escala local y
regional en areas del Caribe
Atmospheric transient phenomena in subtropical South
America: Long term impacts and interannual variability
On oceanic teleconnections between the equatorial and mid
latitude pacific ocean
Prediction of climate variability and its impact on cholera
New Country Reviewer
Score
Budget Cumulativ IAI Science
e Budget
Theme
Cuba
4,5
$28.000
$28.000
II
Jamaica
4,5
$28.600
$56.600
I
Peru
4,5
$26.600
$83.200
I,II
Jamaica
4
$24.000
$107.200
I
Ecuador /
Jamaica
Uruguay
4
$24.600
$131.800
I,IV
4
$25.900
$157.700
II
Venezuela
4
$15.000
$172.700
I
Chile
4
$30.000
$202.700
IV
Cuba
4
$29.923
$232.623
III
Ecuador /
Canada
Cuba
4
$30.000
$262.623
II,III
4
$30.000
$292.623
I
Chile
3,5
$26.950
$319.573
I
Chile
3,5
$29.000
$348.573
I
Peru
3
$29.997
$378.570
IV, I
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Epidemiology in Peru
Climate variability, landscape ecology of Anopheles vectors,
and risk of malaria transmission in Cuba
Diagnostics, modelation and assessment of climatic variability
effects in several infectous disease in Cuba
Cuba
3
$17.500
$396.070
IV,I
Cuba
3
$15.000
$411.070
IV,I
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Twelfth Meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)
November 18-19, 1999
Tucson, USA
ACTION LIST
November 18, 1999: Day 1
1. The SAC approved the agenda of its twelfth meeting.
2. The SAC approved the report of its eleventh meeting with one modification: under the
sub-theme “Election of SAC members – Conference of the Parties slots” the correct names and
affiliation of some of the potential candidates are: Roger Pielke Jr., Soroosh Sorooshian
(hydrology – University of Arizona), Ezequiel Ezcurra (desertification – San Diego Natural
History Museum).
3. The SAC suggested to include a brief background on each member of the SAC on the IAI
homepage. Each SAC member will write his/her brief background and will hand it to Marcella
Ohira Schwarz from the IAI.
4. The SAC suggested to include a short description (abstract) of each supported IAI project on the
IAI homepage.
5. The SAC recommended that the funds for the Collaborative Research Network (CRN) Program
projects be released semi-annually.
6. The SAC will discuss the tentative dates and sites of the meeting of the CRN principal
investigators (PIs) on November 19, 1999.
7. The SAC members were assigned to liaise with specific CRN projects according to the table
below:
CRN Principal Investigator
Luckman
Magana
Campos
Cornejo
Nunez
Baumgartner
Silva
Sala
Vernet
Tiessen
McClain
Wood
Franco
SAC member
Bevilacqua ?
Medina
Brown
Woodman
Liverman
Brown
Ortega
Medina
Bevilacqua ?
Scoppa
Stewart
Stewart
Liverman
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Confalonieri
Robinson ?
Brad Wilcox will draft the terms of reference that will be the guidelines for the interaction of
SAC members with the CRN PIs.
8. The SAC endorsed the idea of increasing IAI’s publicity and the publication of articles about the
IAI and/or the CRN program on scientific journals and international environmental programs
newsletters. Some specific suggestions were:
 IGBP, ICSU, IHDP, WMO’s newsletters;
 Press releases and press release homepages;
 Global Environmental Change, Environment, Climate Change, EOS journals;
 Interciencias and other regional science magazines;
 PIs of supported IAI projects to disseminate their research work and IAI’s support with the local
and national press.
9. The SAC recommended that the WAVES program director be invited to present the program
and discuss any potential collaboration with the IAI at the next meeting of the SAC, Executive
Council and Conference of the Parties.
10. The SAC endorsed the initiative of the 2001 Open Meeting of the Human Dimensions
Community to be held in Brazil, but made one suggestion: to recommend the participation of
more Latin American scientists in the planning committee of the meeting. The SAC suggested
the participation of Eduardo Franco in the committee.
11. The SAC endorsed the Panel rating and order as listed in the table attached and made the
following recommendations:

All proposals rated “Good” (3) and above are scientifically viable and should be funded. The
SAC expects that at least those proposals rated as “Very Good” (4) and “Very Good to
Excellent” (4.5) be funded.

The SAC also recommended that the Directorate:
a) contact the PIs and Co-PIs of proposals # 5 and 15 to adjust their budgets for any overlap of
the 2 proposals (i.e. equipment) and to determine the most adequate time sequence of
implementing both proposals;
b) (for some proposals) to adjust the requested salary for PIs to the guidelines of the
announcement of opportunity of the PESCA program.

The SAC was pleased with the caliber and distribution of proposals submitted under this year’s
PESCA competition. It realized that some countries did not submit proposals and urges the
Directorate to strive to give extra publicity to PESCA in those countries.
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