Back in the forest

IF 1 Q3 PLANT SCIENCES Plant Root Pub Date : 2010-01-01 DOI:10.3117/PLANTROOT.4.1
I. Karahara
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Before starting to write this letter, I reviewed my message of a year ago and found that I described the global financial crisis and global climate crisis. Up to this time, I have not personally found any sign of recovery from the economic downturn nearby. My students are still having quite a lot of difficulty securing jobs. However, the newspapers mention some signs of recovery from the global financial crisis. Perhaps there is another crisis that should be addressed––one that shows no recovery? Recovery would seem to be almost impossible unless excess carbon dioxide were to vanish somehow from the atmosphere. I often wonder whether any good sign was forthcoming during 2009 for healing of the Earth from its climate crisis. I did hear some interesting news about the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009. One laureate of that prize, Dr. Elinor Ostrom, received it for her study of the management of common natural resources such as forests. Mr. Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org, says, “Her research reveals that in many, but not all, cases, allowing users to develop their own rules to regulate the use of common property results in the most efficient solution for managing those resources”. This is intriguing to me. In my letter last year, I referred to the “Green New Deal”––an approach based on a standard market mechanism as an environmentally focused investment approach aimed at a sustainable and low-carbon world. On the other hand, the newly introduced management idea for natural resources might indicate a new solution for the climate crisis. That news appeared to be a good sign. However, 2009 eventually yielded only the “great disappointment” of the Copenhagen Climate Summit Meeting (COP15). The real world does not appear to be so easily manageable. As for root studies, is there any movement? Yes. An important meeting for root researchers was convened in 2009: The Symposium on Root Research and Applications (Root RAP) held in Vienna (http://rootrap.boku.ac.at/). As a participant in this meeting, I found that many researchers who deal with tree roots were participating. This is also the case for recent meetings of Japanese Society for Root Research (JSRR). Root studies are becoming more active back in the forest. There we will find some clues to the solutions to our looming climate crisis. Regarding this Journal, we have entered the new term of 2010–2011. I have again been appointed to the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Plant Root for the new term by JSRR, with three new managing editors joining the Editorial Board. I want to express my gratitude to all authors for their contributions, all who have submitted manuscripts to this journal, and to our managing editors, subject editors, and reviewers. I would like to inscribe the Managing and Subject Editors’ names of the 2008–2009 term here on their behalf.
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在开始写这封信之前,我回顾了一年前的信息,发现我描述了全球金融危机和全球气候危机。到目前为止,我个人还没有发现任何经济从低迷中复苏的迹象。我的学生在找工作方面仍然有很多困难。然而,报纸提到了一些从全球金融危机中复苏的迹象。也许还有另一场危机需要解决——一场没有复苏迹象的危机?除非过量的二氧化碳以某种方式从大气中消失,否则恢复似乎几乎是不可能的。我常常想知道,2009年是否会有什么好的迹象表明地球正在从气候危机中恢复过来。我确实听到了一些关于2009年诺贝尔经济学奖的有趣消息。该奖项的一位获奖者埃莉诺·奥斯特罗姆(Elinor Ostrom)博士因其对森林等常见自然资源管理的研究而获奖。Nobelprize.org的主编亚当·史密斯先生说:“她的研究表明,在许多情况下,但不是所有情况下,允许用户制定自己的规则来规范公共财产的使用,是管理这些资源的最有效解决方案。”这对我来说很有趣。在我去年的信中,我提到了“绿色新政”——一种基于标准市场机制的以环境为重点的投资方式,旨在建立一个可持续和低碳的世界。另一方面,新引入的自然资源管理理念可能为气候危机提供新的解决方案。这个消息似乎是个好兆头。然而,2009年的哥本哈根气候峰会(COP15)最终只带来了“大失所望”。现实世界似乎不那么容易管理。关于根的研究,有什么进展吗?是的。2009年,根研究人员召开了一次重要会议:在维也纳举行的根研究与应用研讨会(root RAP) (http://rootrap.boku.ac.at/)。作为这次会议的参与者,我发现很多研究树根的研究人员都参加了会议。日本根系研究协会(JSRR)最近的会议也是如此。在森林里,对树根的研究正变得越来越活跃。在那里,我们将找到一些解决迫在眉睫的气候危机的线索。关于本刊,我们已经进入了2010-2011的新学期。我再次被JSRR任命为新一届《植物之根》总编辑,并有三位新的执行编辑加入编委会。我要感谢所有作者的贡献,感谢所有向本刊投稿的人,感谢我们的管理编辑、主题编辑和审稿人。我想代表他们在这里写下2008-2009年度的管理和主题编辑的名字。
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Plant Root PLANT SCIENCES-
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期刊介绍: Plant Root publishes original papers, either theoretical or experimental, that provide novel insights into plant roots. The Journal’s subjects include, but are not restricted to, anatomy and morphology, cellular and molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, interactions with soil, mineral nutrients, water, symbionts and pathogens, food culture, together with ecological, genetic and methodological aspects related to plant roots and rhizosphere. Work at any scale, from the molecular to the community level, is welcomed.
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