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	Título: Communicating Global Change Science To Society An Assessment And Case Studies
	Autor: Scope, Holm Tiessen	Precio: $630.00
	Editorial: Island Press	Año: 2007
	Tema: Gobierno, Ciencia, Investigacion	Edición: 1ª
	Sinopsis	ISBN: 9781597261777
	National governments and research scientists may be equally concerned with issues of global environmental change, but their interests-and their timelines-are not the same. Governments are often focused on short-term effects and local impacts of global phenomena. Scientists, on the other hand, are loath to engage in speculation about the specific consequences of large-scale environmental trends. How then can we translate scientific understanding of these trends into public policy? Communicating Global Change Science to Society examines the growing number of instances in which governments and scientists have engaged in research projects in which the goal is to inform policy decisions. It assesses these experiences and suggests their implications for future collaborations. The book begins with a discussion of interactions between science and policy, particularly as they relate to the broad significance of environmental change. It then addresses concerns that emerge from this discussion, including how scientific research results are communicated in democratic societies, the uses (and misuses) of scientific findings, and what the natural and social sciences could learn from each other. Biographies Holm Tiessen is Director of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) and Professor on leave from the Georg-August Universität of Göttingen, Germany. Gerhard Breulmann, a terrestrial ecologist, is Science Officer at the IAI in São José dos Campos, Brazil. Mike Brklacich is Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada, and chairs the IAI's scientific advisory committee. Rômulo S. C. Menezes is Assistant Professor in the Department of Nuclear Energy at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil. Table Of Contents Foreword Acknowledgment Chapter 1. Why this book? An Introduction and Synthesis Cross-cutting issues Chapter 2. Steering Research Towards Policy Relevance Chapter 3. Stakeholders and Global Environmental Change Science Chapter 4. Delivering Global Environmental Change Science to the Policy Process Chapter 5. Communicating Science to the Media, Decision Makers and the Public Background chapters Chapter 6. Communicating Science in Democratic Media Societies Chapter 7. Institutions as Initiators and Users of Science Chapter 8. Vulnerabilities of Societies Under Global Environmental Change (GEC) Chapter 9. What Social and Natural Sciences Could Learn from Each Other: The Challenge of Interdisciplinarity Chapter 10. Legal Frameworks and Biodiversity: The Impact of Ownership and Control of Biodiversity in Science Examples of the Science-policy Interface Chapter 11. Integrating Environmental and Social Agendas: The Experience of the Amazonian Networks LBA and GEOMA. Chapter 12. Assessment of Present, Past and Future Climate Variability in the Americas from Treeline Environments Chapter 13. Climate Variability and Its Impacts in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Chapter 14. Stakeholder and Decision Makers in a Study of Global Changes in the South Atlantic Chapter 15. Climate Variability and Climate Changes in the Southern Cone Chapter 16. Land Use Change in Semi-arid Americas: Biogeochemistry, Societal Impact and Policies Chapter 17. Cattle Ranching, Land Use and Deforestation in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru Chapter 18. Global Change Effects on the Vegetation of Tropical High Mountains and Savannas Chapter 19. Linking Global Change Research to Improved Policies and Management for Amazonian Rivers Chapter 20. Mediated modeling for Integrating Science and Stakeholders: Impacts of Enhanced Ultraviolet B Radiation on Ecosystem Services Chapter 21. ENSO and Risk Management: Natural and Social Science, Policy Implications and Stake Holder Participation Chapter 22. Diagnostics and Prediction of Climate Variation and Human Health Impacts List of Contributors SCOPE Series List SCOPE Executive-Committee 2005-2008

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