Biodiversity conservation depends on scale: Lessons from the science–policy dialogue
Thursday, August 30, 2012 - 07:02
in Psychology & Sociology
A new article examines the mismatches between the scales at which ecological processes take place and the levels at which policy decisions and management interventions are made. Various societal actors involved in the process, such as policy makers, land use planners, members of NGOs, and researchers may themselves be operating at various scales, which create additional complications in knowledge transfer between conservation scientists and practitioners.