Navigating the science-policy interface: Forest researcher perspectives

Exploring the Science-Policy Interface

The sacking of David Nutt from his position as Chair of a UK government science advisory council has thrown the interface between science and policy into sharp relief. Justine Davies takes a look behind the scenes.

The System Dynamics of Forest Cover in the Developing World: Researcher Versus Community Perspectives

Efforts to increase forest cover in the developing world will only succeed if the root causes of deforestation are addressed. Researchers designing reforestation initiatives tend to emphasize macro-level drivers of deforestation, about which they have extensive data and knowledge. On the other hand, local people have contextually based knowledge of forest cover dynamics in their region—about wh...

Turning science into policy: challenges and experiences from the science-policy interface.

This paper discusses key issues in the science-policy interface. It stresses the importance of linking the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity to the Millennium Development Goals and to issues of immediate concern to policy-makers such as the economy, security and human health. It briefly discusses the process of decision-making and how the scientific and policy communities have su...

Navigating the vision science Internet

Vision scientists seek to understand visual perception and its underlying mechanisms. To do so, we primarily use computer and electronic technologies to construct images, display them to observers, and record measures of visual function. This capacity to reproduce images of desired properties as part of a controlled, reliable, reproducible, and innovative experiment requires overcoming many tec...

Navigating the Science of Emotion