Developing an agenda to guide forest social science, economics, and utilization research / Richard W. Haynes.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Haynes, Richard W.

Contributor:

Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)

Series:

General technical report PNW ; 627.

General technical report PNW ; 627

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forest management--Research--United States.

Forest management.

Forest reserves--United States--Management.

Forest reserves.

Forest policy--United States.

Forest policy.

Forest management--Economic aspects--United States.

Forest management--Social aspects--United States.

Forest management--Economic aspects.

Forest management--Research.

Forest management--Social aspects.

Forest reserves--Management.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Portland, OR : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, [2005]

Summary:

"The USDA Forest Service has had a longstanding presence in utilization, economics, and social sciences research and development activities. The magnitude and diversity of these activities have changed as the questions and the people asking them have changed over the past century. These changes challenge the social science and utilization research community to develop this collective research agenda for utilization, economics, and social sciences research and development activities conducted by the Forest Service. It sets the context for the utilization, economics, and social sciences research and development activities in the Forest Service. It deals with the need to balance knowledge creation with the constantly changing demand for information that guides various land management decisions and shapes policymaker perceptions in various environmental debates. The research agenda is built around six common themes that will help us create a larger pool of experience from which we can form judgments relative to outcomes and develop tools that can be used to solve a variety of problems. It assumes that the worth of utilization, economics, and social sciences research and development activities will be judged by our ability to create lasting solutions that alter outcomes. Finally, creating and implementing such a research agenda depends on leaders who can advocate for problem selection that recognizes the full integrated nature of contemporary questions, who can synchronize research oriented toward major questions with knowledge creation, and who can serve as defenders of social science research against ideological attacks by emphasizing the true nature of questions and the importance of taking integrative approaches."

Contents:

Changing land management paradigms

Developing a pragmatic view

Delivery of science to managers- the concept of "tools"

Some principles to guide implementation

Strengthening the case for social sciences

Strengthening the case for an integrative approach for utilization research

Research integration at Pacific Northwest Research Station

Resolving complex and controversial forest management issues: the critical role of social science research.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed June 8, 2005).

"January 2005."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2025.

Other Format:

Haynes, Richard W. Developing an agenda to guide forest social science, economics, and utilization research

OCLC:

60803447

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