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"Taking Communities Seriously: A Role for Community
Knowledge in Environmental Decision-Making"
Taking Nature Seriously Conference
Eugene, Oregon
February 25-27, 2001
ABSTRACT: This panel discusses the flow of information between research
institutions, communities, and government. We present three projects
that aim to support community-instigated research. The first is a newly
initiated project based in coastal British Columbia (Canada). Modeled
on the Dutch "science shops", this project aims to facilitate community-led
research on human and ecosystem health in cooperation with university
researchers. The second project involves citizen volunteers in wetlands
research in an urbanizing watershed. It is a cooperative venture between
the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, Princeton University,
and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, with a primary
aim to increase public understanding of policy alternatives by actively
involving citizens in the research process. The third project concerns
the history and evolving theory of a proposed Research Natural Area
for the Warner Creek fire area in Oregon's Willamette National Forest.
Founded on collaborations between scientists, activists, and managers,
this Fire Process Research Natural Area is one model of a research and
education oriented advocacy group.
Panel presentations and
discussion will focus on the following questions: - How is scientific
information communicated among various sectors of civil society? - How
does the process of generating information and conducting research affect
the way in which results are integrated into regional, federal and international
policy-making? - How can communication be improved to support mutual
learning to address complex social and environmental issues?
Panel members included: Timothy Ingalsbee (Western Fire Ecology Center),
Dr. Robert Tucker (Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association), Dr.
Katherine Barrett (Community-University Connections, UVic), Dr. Kelly
Bannister (Community-University Connections, UVic), Session Chair Dr.
Tracie-Lynn Nadeau (U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Wetlands Division).
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