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Liping Shan, Song C, Zhang X, Wang X, Luan Z. Responses of Above-ground Biomass, Plant Diversity, and Dominant Species to Habitat Change in a Freshwater Wetland of Northeast China. RUSS J ECOL+ 2020. [DOI: 10.1134/s1067413620010051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Stirling A, Hayes KR, Delborne J. Towards inclusive social appraisal: risk, participation and democracy in governance of synthetic biology. BMC Proc 2018; 12:15. [PMID: 30079106 PMCID: PMC6069769 DOI: 10.1186/s12919-018-0111-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Frameworks that govern the development and application of novel products, such as the products of synthetic biology, should involve all those who are interested or potentially affected by the products. The governance arrangements for novel products should also provide a democratic mechanism that allows affected parties to express their opinions on the direction that innovation does or does not take. In this paper we examine rationales, obstacles and opportunities for public participation in governance of novel synthetic biology products. Our analysis addresses issues such as uncertainties, the considering of alternative innovations, and broader social and environmental implications. The crucial issues in play go beyond safety alone, to include contending social values around diverse notions of benefit and harm. The paper highlights the need for more inclusive social appraisal mechanisms to inform governance of Synthetic Biology and alternative products, and discusses a few practical methods to help achieve this goal.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrew Stirling
- Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RH UK
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- Data61, CSIRO, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, TAS 7001 Australia
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University, 2820 Faucette Dr, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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Carrick PJ, Erickson TE, Becker CH, Mayence CE, Bourne AR. Comparing ecological restoration in South Africa and Western Australia: the benefits of a ‘travelling workshop’. ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/emr.12169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cowell C, Ferreira S. Challenges Managing Herbivores in the Contractual Postberg Section of West Coast National Park. AFRICAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2015. [DOI: 10.3957/056.045.0104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Aubron C, Guérin G, Gallion B, Moulin CH. Drawing together the knowledge of forestry and pastoralism experts in the construction of a technical support tool for silvopastoralism. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2013; 117:162-171. [PMID: 23369836 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.12.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2012] [Revised: 12/10/2012] [Accepted: 12/21/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A growing body of literature documents emphasizes the value of the hybridisation of different types of knowledge for environmental management. This is particularly true for silvopastoralism: although silvopastoralism appears to be a relevant way to manage large forests areas in the northern Mediterranean region, knowledge pertaining to silvopastoralism is distributed between foresters and pastoralists, with a lack of shared knowledge making joint action difficult. The consensus about the need of knowledge hybridisation, however, is not enough to make it happen and a whole field of research investigates the methods which can be used to create shared knowledge. This paper studies one of these methods - the participation of experts in modelling - used in a French research development program to design a technical support tool for silvopastoralism. After having described the modelling process conducted by forestry and pastoralists experts, it presents the conceptual silvopastoralism model they produced and analyses the shared knowledge - especially intermediary concepts and expert typologies - it contains. The paper finally outlines the conditions needed for the participation of experts in modelling to create shared knowledge, its limitations in generating quantitative expertise and discusses how the knowledge created can be shared with a wider audience.
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- Claire Aubron
- Montpellier SupAgro, UMR SELMET, 2 Place Pierre Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France.
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Dana GV, Cooper AM, Pennington KM, Sharpe LS. Methodologies and special considerations for environmental risk analysis of genetically modified aquatic biocontrol organisms. Biol Invasions 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0391-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Powers CM, Dana G, Gillespie P, Gwinn M, Hendren CO, Long TC, Wang A, Davis JM. Comprehensive environmental assessment: a meta-assessment approach. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2012; 46:9202-8. [PMID: 22889372 PMCID: PMC3439956 DOI: 10.1021/es3023072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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With growing calls for changes in the field of risk assessment, improved systematic approaches for addressing environmental issues with greater transparency and stakeholder engagement are needed to ensure sustainable trade-offs. Here we describe the comprehensive environmental assessment (CEA) approach as a holistic way to manage complex information and to structure input from diverse stakeholder perspectives to support environmental decision-making for the near- and long-term. We further note how CEA builds upon and incorporates other available tools and approaches, describe its current application at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and point out how it could be extended in evaluating a major issue such as the sustainability of biofuels.
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Affiliation(s)
- Christina M. Powers
- National Center for
Environmental
Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711, United States
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education (ORISE), National Center for Environmental Assessment,
Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, United States
- E-mail: (J.M.D.); (C.M.P.)
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education (ORISE), National Center for Environmental Assessment,
Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, United States
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- National Center for
Environmental
Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711, United States
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education (ORISE), National Center for Environmental Assessment,
Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, United States
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R. Gwinn
- National
Center for Environmental
Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC 20460,
United States
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- Oak Ridge Institute for Science
and Education (ORISE), National Center for Environmental Assessment,
Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
27711, United States
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- National Center for
Environmental
Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711, United States
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- National Center
for Computational
Toxicology, Office of Research and Development, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711, United States
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- National Center for
Environmental
Assessment, Office of Research and Development, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina 27711, United States
- E-mail: (J.M.D.); (C.M.P.)
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