{"id":1765,"date":"2024-10-02T19:30:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/?post_type=projects&p=1765"},"modified":"2024-10-02T19:30:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T19:30:27","slug":"convergent-mountain-science","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/projects\/convergent-mountain-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Convergent Mountain Science"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Teaming for Interdisciplinary Research Pre-Seed Program<\/span><\/h1>\n

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Convergent Mountain Science<\/span><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1642004899910{margin-right: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”667″ img_size=”full” alignment=”right” css=”.vc_custom_1642015269793{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1595855041843{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text][\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Mountains are one of the most important landscapes of the planet, where about 60% of people reside and from where about 82% of people obtain many ecosystem services, including water, wood, mineral wealth, scenic beauty, cultural affirmation, and inspiration. Most mountain socio-ecological systems today are the result of an intricate relationship between the people of the past and the imposing verticality of the rugged terrain that in many areas is no longer obvious, thus making it necessary to redress mountains\u2019 management to include ecological legacies. Because of the United Nations\u2019 Declaration of the Decade of Ecological Restoration, a team of UGA faculty has formed a Convergent Mountain Science cluster, so that they could work within transdisciplinary frameworks to benefit conservation and sustainable development of the world\u2019s mountainscapes.<\/p>\n

We comprise ecologists, geographers, environmental architects, sustainability planners, historic preservationists, environmental communicators, natural resources experts in fire prevention, forest management and protected area policy interventions, horticulturalists, geomorphologists, paleoecologists and climate scientists who share the need to apply research and advocacy for mountains. We aim to make UGA a leader in mountain studies in the Southeastern USA and internationally. Firstly, we will develop an integrative framework for comparative studies between the Appalachians and the Andes. Then, we will cement international collaborative work with specific disciplinary exchanges and training with like-minded programs in the hemisphere. Thirdly, we will aim to create an Institute of Convergent Mountain Science to offer a professional Master\u2019s degree in Mountain Management. We anticipate long-term research efforts on Mt. Chimborazo of Ecuador and on selected sites of Southern Appalachia, generating knowledge to benefit researchers, managers, and community members, including indigenous Puruwa and Cherokee leaders.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Team Lead<\/h4>\n

Fausto Sarmiento
\n<\/strong>Department of Geography
\nfsarmien@uga.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Team Members<\/h4>\n

Anandam Kavoori
\n<\/strong>Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication<\/p>\n

James Reap
\n<\/strong>College of Environment + Design<\/p>\n

Jon Calabria
\n<\/strong>College of Environment + Design<\/p>\n

Sungkyung Lee
\n<\/strong>College of Environment + Design<\/p>\n

Kamal Gandhi
\n<\/strong>Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources<\/p>\n

Kyle Maurice Woosnam
\n<\/strong>Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources<\/p>\n

Jesse Abrams
\n<\/strong>Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory<\/p>\n

Elizabeth King
\n<\/strong>Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources; Odum School of Ecology<\/p>\n

Dar\u00edo Ch\u00e1vez
\n<\/strong>Department of Horticulture<\/p>\n

David Leigh
\n<\/strong>Department of Geography<\/p>\n

David Porinchu
\n<\/strong>Department of Geography<\/p>\n

Gabriel Kooperman
\n<\/strong>Department of Geography[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-1765","projects","type-projects","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/1765"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/1765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.uga.edu\/team-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}