Policy Makers and Ecologists Must Develop a More Constructive Dialogue to Save the Planet
Wednesday, July 20, 2016 - 00:41
in Mathematics & Economics
Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday July 19, 2016 - An international consensus demands human impacts on the environment "sustain", "maintain", "conserve", "protect", "safeguard", and "secure" it, keeping it within "safe ecological limits". But, a new Trinity College Dublin-led study that assembled an international team of environmental scientists shows that policy makers have little idea what these terms mean or how to connect them to a wealth of ecological data and ideas.