Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI

The IAI Executive Directorate report for 2006-2007 details the institute's efforts to integrate climate science with policy, specifically focusing on land-use change in the Plata Basin and urbanisation in Latin America. It highlights the transition from the CRN I to CRN II research networks, the success of the Training Institute Seed Grants (TISG) in fostering multidisciplinary networks across 19 countries, and new strategic partnerships with organizations like IDRC, SCOPE, and the MacArthur Foundation to address biodiversity in the Andes.

• The IAI developed a conceptual note for an international, interdisciplinary program to study land-use change and rural transformation in the Plata Basin and central Brazil, driven by the global demand for biofuels. The program aims to assess risks such as increased runoff and flooding in the eastern Plata Basin and drought risks in the west.
• The Training Institute Seed Grants (TISG) program, which concluded in February 2007, provided eight grants totaling US$ 110,000. This initiative involved over 44 scientists from 19 countries and resulted in the creation of eight new research networks.
• The IAI is pursuing a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, which has invited the IAI as one of three organizations to propose an assessment of climate change impacts on biodiversity in the Andes. The potential funding for a two-year project ranges from US$ 350,000 to US$ 450,000.
• The institute transitioned its scientific activities from the concluded CRN I program—which focused on synthesis and dissemination, including a book on communicating global change science—to the fully operational CRN II projects.
• The IAI published the first book specifically addressing the link between urbanisation and global change in Latin America, titled "Urbanización, Cambio Ambiental Global y Desarrollo Sustentable en América Latina", which includes case studies from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, and Puerto Rico/USA.
• The IAI established strategic institutional cooperation with the Ibero-American Network of Climate Change Offices (RIOCC) to access surveys on national research priorities and is collaborating with the UNFCCC's OSACT to improve the dialogue between decision-makers and research programs.

APA

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (2007). Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-14-directorate-report-s.pdf

Chicago

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI. 2007. https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-14-directorate-report-s.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{interamericaninstituteforglobalchangeresearch2007informe, author = {{Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}}, title = {{Informe de la Dirección Ejecutiva del IAI}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2007}, month = may, url = {https://archive.iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/iai-cop-14-directorate-report-s.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }