Communicating global change science to society : an assessment and case studies / edited by Holm Tiessen ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tiessen, H. (Holm)

Series:

SCOPE report ; 68.

SCOPE series ; 68

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research--Latin America--Case studies.

Research.

Communication in science--Latin America--Case studies.

Communication in science.

Research--Government policy--Latin America--Case studies.

Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research.

Research--Government policy.

Latin America.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington : Island Press, [2007]

Summary:

Communicating Global Change Science to Society: An Assessment and Case Studies draws on the work of over 50 scientists and policy makers under the auspices of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI), an intergovernmental, treaty-based organization involving 19 countries in the region.

Contents:

1 Why This Book? An Introduction and Synthesis / Holm Tiessen 1

Part I Crosscutting Issues

2 Steering Research toward Policy Relevance / Mark D. Stauffer, Walter E. Baethgen, Ricardo L. Berbara, Ernesto Caetano, Alejandro Castellanos, Barbara Gobel, Michael E. McClain, Romulo S. C. Menezes, Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa 9

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. Jimenez-Osornio, Susanne Reyes-Knoche, Charles Wood 21

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, Peter M. de Toledo 35

5 Communicating Science to the Media, Decision Makers, and the Public / Theo Beckers, Maureen Woodrow, Paul E. Filmer, Sonia M.F. Gianesella, Laura Gallardo Klenner, Carlos A. Klink, Jean-Francois Tourrand, Peter Weingart 45

Part II Background Chapters

6 Communicating Science in Democratic Media Societies / Peter Weingart 55

7 Institutions as Initiators and Users of Science / Peter R. Jutro 63

8 Vulnerabilities of Societies under Global Environmental Change (GEC) / Mike Brklacich, May Chazan, Andrew Dawe 73

9 What Social and Natural Sciences Could Learn from Each Other: The Challenge of Interdisciplinarity / Barbara Gobel 89

10 Legal Frameworks and Biodiversity: The Impact of Ownership and Control of Biodiversity on Science / Susanne Reyes-Knoche 97

Part III Examples of the Science-Policy Interface

11 Integrating Environmental and Social Agendas: The Experience of the Amazonian Networks LBA and GEOMA / Peter M. de Toledo, Ima C. G. Vieira, Gilberto Camara, Carlos A. Nobre 109

12 Assessment of Present, Past, and Future Climate Variability in the Americas from Treeline Environments / Brian H. Luckman 119

13 Climate Variability and Its Impacts in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean / Victor Magana, Ernesto Caetano 129

14 Stakeholders and Decision Makers in a Study of Global Changes in the South Atlantic / Edmo J. D. Campos, Alberto R. Piola 135

15 Climate Variability and Climate Changes in the Southern Cone / Mario N. Nunez 143

16 Land Use Change in Semiarid Americas: Biogeochemistry, Societal Impact, and Policies / Romulo S. C. Menezes, Elke Noellemeyer, Ignacio H. Salcedo, Juan J. Jimenez-Osornio, Holm Tiessen 147

17 Cattle Ranching, Land Use, and Deforestation in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru / Charles H. Wood, Jean-Francois Tourrand 157

18 Global Change Effects on the Vegetation of Tropical High Mountains and Savannas / Carlos A. Klink, Juan F. Silva, Aura Azocar, Juan Gonzalez, Ricardo Herrera-Peraza 165

19 Linking Global Change Research to Improved Policies and Management for Amazonian Rivers / Michael E. McClain, Remigio Galarraga-Sanchez, Carlos A. Llerena, Jose Efrain Ruiz 171

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, Sonia M. F. Gianesella, Evamaria W. Koch, Fernando R. Momo, Maria Vernet 179

21 ENSO and Risk Management: Natural and Social Sciences, Policy Implications, and Stakeholder Participation / Allan Lavell 187

22 Diagnostics and Prediction of Climate Variation and Human Health Impacts / Ulisses Confalonieri 195

Scope Executive Committee 2005-2008 210.

Notes:

"A project of SCOPE, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment, of the International Council for Science."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781597261760

1597261769

9781597261777

1597261777

OCLC:

122974365

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