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Prioridades para el Mejoramiento de la Ciencia de la Conservación
Author(s) -
NOSS REED F.,
FLEISHMAN ERICA,
DELLASALA DOMINICK A.,
FITZGERALD JOHN M.,
GROSS MART R.,
MAIN MARTIN B.,
NAGLE FIONA,
O'MALLEY STACEY L.,
ROSALES JON
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
conservation biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.2
H-Index - 222
eISSN - 1523-1739
pISSN - 0888-8892
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01282.x
Subject(s) - blueprint , political science , biodiversity , science policy , natural resource , environmental planning , conservation biology , public policy , environmental resource management , environmental ethics , public administration , geography , ecology , engineering , economics , biology , mechanical engineering , law , philosophy
The Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) can enhance conservation of biodiversity in North America by increasing its engagement in public policy. Toward this end, the North America Section of SCB is establishing partnerships with other professional organizations in order to speak more powerfully to decision makers and taking other actions—such as increasing interaction with chapters—geared to engage members more substantively in science‐policy issues. Additionally, the section is developing a North American Biodiversity Blueprint, which spans the continental United States and Canada and is informed by natural and social science. This blueprint is intended to clarify the policy challenges for protecting continental biodiversity, to foster bilateral collaboration to resolve common problems, and to suggest rational alternative policies and practices that are more likely than current practices to sustain North America's natural heritage. Conservation scientists and practitioners can play a key role by drawing policy makers' attention to ultimate, as well as proximate, causes of biodiversity decline and to the ecological and economic consequences of not addressing these threats.