"Back off, man, I'm a scientist!" When marine conservation science meets policy

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 71-76

  Rose, Naomi A ^a   Parsons, E C M ^b  

^a Animal Welfare Institute   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advice; Advocacy; Marine conservation; Policy; Policy engagement; Precautionary principle

Indexed keywords

OCEANOGRAPHY; PUBLIC POLICY;

ADVICE; ADVOCACY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; MARINE CONSERVATIONS; MARINE SCIENTISTS; OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTIONS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PUBLIC PERCEPTION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

ADVOCACY; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PERCEPTION; POLICY APPROACH; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; PRIORITIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84943786572     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.04.016     Document Type: Article

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