Products A primary product will be the initiation of an “Ecological Knowledge Network for the Americas”. The network will promote the application of ecological knowledge and data to increase sustainability. It will enable users (local, national and multinational organizations) to rapidly access and synthesize existing information from multiple databases. It will link knowledge users with data and project-specific teams of local and international experts using web-conferencing facilities. The conference will also develop additional recommendations for increasing communication and collaboration among environmental scientists and private and public sector organizations involved in economic and social development, and for applying ecological science to problems associated with globalization. These recommendations will be communicated in articles in international science and policy journals and newsletters, and in a series of workshop reports that will be made available on ESA’s web site and possibly published in ESA’s journal Ecological Applications.   Printer Friendly Version