Interaction of wildlife research and forest management: the need for maturation of science and policy
1994
Hanley, T.A. (U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Juneau, AK.)
Foresters and wildlife biologists face new challenges and new expectations from society. They are expected to provide an increasingly wide variety of goods and services from ecosystems at the same time that natural systems are under increasing pressure from both environmental and economic forces. The challenge is very formidable and requires a significant increase in the efficiency of both research and management. It is particularly important that research and management work in concert to provide a scientific basis for management. The communication gap between research and management, however, is a serious impediment. It is primarily one of false expectations, and it needs to be reduced. A major gain in that reduction can be made by recognizing the distinctly different roles of research and management. The role of research is to improve our understanding of our world. The role of management is to incorporate that understanding into policy and action. There is a fundamental difference between the technical knowledge that is science and the technical tools that are required to apply science to management. The technical tools are part of management and often must go considerably beyond the limits of scientific rigour. Research is needed to advance theory. Greater technical expertise within management is needed for management to benefit most fully from science. A shift in expectations from research will help make research more productive in advancing science and will free management from its dependency on research for technical tools
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