Confronting and coping with uncertainty in biodiversity research and praxis

Yrjö Haila; Klaus Henle; Evangelia Apostolopoulou; Joanna Cent; Erik Framstad; Christoph Görg; Kurt Jax; Reinhard Klenke; William E. Magnusson; Yiannis Matsinos; Birgit Müller; Riikka Paloniemi; John Pantis; Felix Rauschmayer; Irene Ring; Josef Settele; Jukka Similä; Kostas Touloumis; Joseph Tzanopoulos; Guy Pe'er

doi:10.3897/natureconservation.8.5942

Confronting and coping with uncertainty in biodiversity research and praxis

Yrjö Haila, Klaus Henle, Evangelia Apostolopoulou, Joanna Cent, Erik Framstad, Christoph Görg, Kurt Jax, Reinhard Klenke, William E. Magnusson, Yiannis Matsinos, Birgit Müller, Riikka Paloniemi, John Pantis, Felix Rauschmayer, Irene Ring, Josef Settele, Jukka Similä, Kostas Touloumis, Joseph Tzanopoulos, Guy Pe'er

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This paper summarises discussions in a workshop entitled "exploring uncertainties in biodiversity science, policy and management". It draws together experiences gained by scientists and scholars when encountering and coping with different types of uncertainty in their work in the field of biodiversity protection. The discussion covers all main phases of scientific work: field work and data analysis; methodologies; setting goals for research projects, taking simultaneously into account the agency of scientists conducting the work; developing communication with policy-makers and society at large; and giving arguments for the societal relevance of the issues. The paper concludes with a plea for collaborative learning that would build upon close cooperation among specialists who have developed expertise in different fields in research, management and politics. Copyright Yrjö Haila et al.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-75
Number of pages	31
Journal	Nature Conservation
Volume	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.8.5942
State	Published - 9 Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Biodiversity management
Biodiversity policy
Biodiversity science
Dimensions of uncertainty
Governance of biodiversity
Research practice
Scientific agency
Social deliberation
Social learning
Uncertainty

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Haila, Y., Henle, K., Apostolopoulou, E., Cent, J., Framstad, E., Görg, C., Jax, K., Klenke, R., Magnusson, W. E., Matsinos, Y., Müller, B., Paloniemi, R., Pantis, J., Rauschmayer, F., Ring, I., Settele, J., Similä, J., Touloumis, K., Tzanopoulos, J., & Pe'er, G. (2014). Confronting and coping with uncertainty in biodiversity research and praxis. Nature Conservation, 8, 45-75. https://doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.8.5942

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