We currently face significant, anthropogenic, global environmental challenges and the role of ecologists in mitigating these challenges is arguably more important than ever. Consequently there is an urgent need to recruit and train future generations of ecologists, both those whose main area is ecology, but also those involved in the geological, biological and environmental sciences.

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生态学教与学：对新兴挑战和解决方案的展望

当前，我们面临着重大的，人为的全球环境挑战，而生态学家在缓解这些挑战中的作用无疑比以往任何时候都更为重要。因此，迫切需要招募和培训后代的生态学家，这些学者的主要领域是生态学，还涉及地质，生物和环境科学领域的专家。