Launching science, society and policy

Native invaders – challenges for science, management, policy, and society

© The Ecological Society of America www.frontiersinecology.org B invasions, which join synergistically with habitat loss and fragmentation, climate change, natural resource overexploitation, pollution, and a multitude of other anthropogenic factors, are recognized as a leading threat to freshwater, marine, and terrestrial systems. The common notion of an invasive species is one that has become ...

Science and society. Rebuilding public trust in science for policy-making.

Bridging science and society.

THE THEME OF THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT of Science (AAAS) seems especially timely: Bridging Science and Society. Virtually every major issue now confronting society has a science and technology component, and this means that “the need for general scientifi c understanding by the public has never been larger, and the penalty for scientifi c illiter...

Society, science, and values.

Data, Science and Society

Reflections on the Concept of Data and its Implications for Science and Society