Communicating Global Change Science to Society: An Assessment and Case Studies
edited by Holm Tiessen, Michael Brklacich, Gerhard Breulmann and Romulo S.C. Menezes
Island Press, 2007 Paper: 978-1-59726-177-7 | Cloth: 978-1-59726-176-0 | eISBN: 978-1-61091-151-1 Library of Congress Classification Q180.L37C65 2007 Dewey Decimal Classification 303.483
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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.
REVIEWS
"Communicating Global Change Science to Society: An Assessment and Case Studies presents a thoughtful consideration of how we can use science in the service of society—a grand challenge for the 21st century if we are going to successfully mange the planet for the benefit of present and future generations. By exploring ways of creating knowledge partnerships between decision makers (government and business leaders, resource managers) and scientists, society can find sustainable ways of creating dynamic economies, while protecting and improving the environment in the face of rapid global environmental changes."
— Jerry M. Melillo, co-director of The Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to improve the dialogue between science and society
The case of Global Environmental Change
Edited by
Holm Tiessen, Mike Brklacich, Gerhard Breulmann, and Rômulo S. C. Menezes
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
Foreword ¿ Margaret S. Leinen and Paul E. Filmer
Acknowledgment
Chapter 1 - Why this book? An Introduction and Synthesis
Holm Tiessen
Cross-cutting issues:
Chapter 2 - Steering Research Towards Policy Relevance
Mark D. Stauffer, Walter E. Baethgen, Ricardo L. Berbara, Ernesto Caetano, Alejandro Castellanos, Barbara G�bel, Michael E. McClain , Rômulo S. C. Menezes, and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
Chapter 3 - Stakeholders and Global Environmental Change science
Mike Brklacich, I. Foster Brown, Edmo J. D. Campos, Alex Krusche, Allan Lavell, Kam-biu Liu, Juan J. Jiménez-Osornio, Susanne Reyes-Knoche, and Charles Wood.
Chapter 4 - Delivering Global Environmental Change Science to the Policy Process
John Ingram, John Stone, Ulisses Confalonieri, Theresa Garvin, Peter R. Jutro, Carlos A. Klink, Brian H. Luckman, Elke Noellemeyer, and Peter M. de Toledo
Chapter 5 - Communicating Science to the Media, Decision Makers and the Public
Theo Beckers, Maureen Woodrow, Paul E. Filmer, Sônia M. F. Gianesella, Laura Gallardo Klenner, Carlos A. Klink, Jean-Francois Tourrand, and Peter Weingart
Background chapters:
Chapter 6 - Communicating science in democratic media societies
Peter Weingart
Chapter 7 - Institutions as initiators and users of science
Peter R. Jutro
Chapter 8 - Vulnerabilities of societies under global environmental change (GEC)
Mike Brklacich, May Chazan, and Andrew Dawe
Chapter 9 - What social and natural sciences could learn from each other: The challenge of interdisciplinarity
Barbara G�bel
Chapter 10 - Legal frameworks and biodiversity: the impact of ownership and control of biodiversity on science
Susanne Reyes-Knoche
Examples of the science-policy interface:
Chapter 11 - Integrating environmental and social agendas; the experience of the Amazonian networks LBA and GEOMA.
Peter M. de Toledo; Ima C. G. Vieira, Gilberto Câmara, and Carlos. A. Nobre
Chapter 12 - Assessment of Present, Past and Future Climate Variability in the Americas from Treeline Environments
Brian H. Luckman
Chapter 13 - Climate Variability and its Impacts in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
Victor Maga±a Rueda and Ernesto Caetano
Chapter 14 - Stakeholder and Decision Makers in a Study of Global Changes in the South Atlantic
Edmo J. D. Camposa and Alberto R. Piola
Chapter 15 - Climate Variability and Climate Changes in the Southern Cone
Mario N. Nu±ez
Chapter 16 - Land use change in semi-arid Americas: biogeochemistry, societal impact and policies
Rômulo S. C. Menezes, Elke Noellemeyer, Ignßcio H. Salcedo, Juan J. Jiménez-Osornio, and Holm Tiessen
Chapter 17 - Cattle Ranching, Land Use and Deforestation in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru Charles H. Wood and Jean Francois Tourrand
Chapter 18 ¿ Global change effects on the vegetation of tropical high mountains and savannas
Carlos A. Klink, Juan F. Silva, Aura Azócar, Juan Gonzßlez, and Ricardo Herrera-Peraza
Chapter 19 - Linking Global Change Research to Improved Policies and Management for Amazonian Rivers
Michael E. McClain, Remigio Galßrraga-Sßnchez, Carlos A. Llerena, and José Efrain Ruiz
Chapter 20 - Mediated modeling for integrating science and stakeholders: Impacts of Enhanced Ultraviolet B Radiation on Ecosystem Services
Marjan van den Belt, Robert Costanza, Serge Demers, Susana Diaz, Gustavo A. Ferreyra, Sônia M.F. Gianesella, Evamaria W. Koch, Fernando R. Momo, and Maria Vernet
Chapter 21 - ENSO and risk management: natural and social science, policy implications and stake holder participation
Allan Lavell
Chapter 22 - Diagnostics and Prediction of Climate Variation and Human Health Impacts
Ulisses Confalonieri
List of Contributors
SCOPE Series List
SCOPE Executive-Committee 2005-2008
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Communicating Global Change Science to Society: An Assessment and Case Studies
edited by Holm Tiessen, Michael Brklacich, Gerhard Breulmann and Romulo S.C. Menezes
Island Press, 2007 Paper: 978-1-59726-177-7 Cloth: 978-1-59726-176-0 eISBN: 978-1-61091-151-1
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.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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.
REVIEWS
"Communicating Global Change Science to Society: An Assessment and Case Studies presents a thoughtful consideration of how we can use science in the service of society—a grand challenge for the 21st century if we are going to successfully mange the planet for the benefit of present and future generations. By exploring ways of creating knowledge partnerships between decision makers (government and business leaders, resource managers) and scientists, society can find sustainable ways of creating dynamic economies, while protecting and improving the environment in the face of rapid global environmental changes."
— Jerry M. Melillo, co-director of The Ecosystems Center at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to improve the dialogue between science and society
The case of Global Environmental Change
Edited by
Holm Tiessen, Mike Brklacich, Gerhard Breulmann, and Rômulo S. C. Menezes
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
Foreword ¿ Margaret S. Leinen and Paul E. Filmer
Acknowledgment
Chapter 1 - Why this book? An Introduction and Synthesis
Holm Tiessen
Cross-cutting issues:
Chapter 2 - Steering Research Towards Policy Relevance
Mark D. Stauffer, Walter E. Baethgen, Ricardo L. Berbara, Ernesto Caetano, Alejandro Castellanos, Barbara G�bel, Michael E. McClain , Rômulo S. C. Menezes, and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa
Chapter 3 - Stakeholders and Global Environmental Change science
Mike Brklacich, I. Foster Brown, Edmo J. D. Campos, Alex Krusche, Allan Lavell, Kam-biu Liu, Juan J. Jiménez-Osornio, Susanne Reyes-Knoche, and Charles Wood.
Chapter 4 - Delivering Global Environmental Change Science to the Policy Process
John Ingram, John Stone, Ulisses Confalonieri, Theresa Garvin, Peter R. Jutro, Carlos A. Klink, Brian H. Luckman, Elke Noellemeyer, and Peter M. de Toledo
Chapter 5 - Communicating Science to the Media, Decision Makers and the Public
Theo Beckers, Maureen Woodrow, Paul E. Filmer, Sônia M. F. Gianesella, Laura Gallardo Klenner, Carlos A. Klink, Jean-Francois Tourrand, and Peter Weingart
Background chapters:
Chapter 6 - Communicating science in democratic media societies
Peter Weingart
Chapter 7 - Institutions as initiators and users of science
Peter R. Jutro
Chapter 8 - Vulnerabilities of societies under global environmental change (GEC)
Mike Brklacich, May Chazan, and Andrew Dawe
Chapter 9 - What social and natural sciences could learn from each other: The challenge of interdisciplinarity
Barbara G�bel
Chapter 10 - Legal frameworks and biodiversity: the impact of ownership and control of biodiversity on science
Susanne Reyes-Knoche
Examples of the science-policy interface:
Chapter 11 - Integrating environmental and social agendas; the experience of the Amazonian networks LBA and GEOMA.
Peter M. de Toledo; Ima C. G. Vieira, Gilberto Câmara, and Carlos. A. Nobre
Chapter 12 - Assessment of Present, Past and Future Climate Variability in the Americas from Treeline Environments
Brian H. Luckman
Chapter 13 - Climate Variability and its Impacts in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
Victor Maga±a Rueda and Ernesto Caetano
Chapter 14 - Stakeholder and Decision Makers in a Study of Global Changes in the South Atlantic
Edmo J. D. Camposa and Alberto R. Piola
Chapter 15 - Climate Variability and Climate Changes in the Southern Cone
Mario N. Nu±ez
Chapter 16 - Land use change in semi-arid Americas: biogeochemistry, societal impact and policies
Rômulo S. C. Menezes, Elke Noellemeyer, Ignßcio H. Salcedo, Juan J. Jiménez-Osornio, and Holm Tiessen
Chapter 17 - Cattle Ranching, Land Use and Deforestation in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru Charles H. Wood and Jean Francois Tourrand
Chapter 18 ¿ Global change effects on the vegetation of tropical high mountains and savannas
Carlos A. Klink, Juan F. Silva, Aura Azócar, Juan Gonzßlez, and Ricardo Herrera-Peraza
Chapter 19 - Linking Global Change Research to Improved Policies and Management for Amazonian Rivers
Michael E. McClain, Remigio Galßrraga-Sßnchez, Carlos A. Llerena, and José Efrain Ruiz
Chapter 20 - Mediated modeling for integrating science and stakeholders: Impacts of Enhanced Ultraviolet B Radiation on Ecosystem Services
Marjan van den Belt, Robert Costanza, Serge Demers, Susana Diaz, Gustavo A. Ferreyra, Sônia M.F. Gianesella, Evamaria W. Koch, Fernando R. Momo, and Maria Vernet
Chapter 21 - ENSO and risk management: natural and social science, policy implications and stake holder participation
Allan Lavell
Chapter 22 - Diagnostics and Prediction of Climate Variation and Human Health Impacts
Ulisses Confalonieri
List of Contributors
SCOPE Series List
SCOPE Executive-Committee 2005-2008
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