The wish to engage is therefore not enough for ecological scientists to conduct effective science policy interactions with respect to their conservation goals.
Ecological scientists and conservation practitioners have, however, argued that a lack of understanding of biodiversity issues by the public is a barrier to their effective participation in decision-making processes.
This abstract, multifaceted obstacle manifests itself in areas such as public policy, economics, public health, climate science, agriculture, foreign relations, and international development, among many others that are largely out of scope for ecological scientists alone.
A common goal amongst ecological scientists is to better understand the world around us, and to capitalize on this knowledge in order to facilitate Nature's narrative with minimal human interruption.
This paper reports on a real money, economic experiment in which a broad group of ecological scientists were challenged to consider their own values within an economic framework, by considering whether to contribute financially (i.e., to donate) to support a global research initiative designed to investigate the implications of global change for grassland ecosystems.
The editors hope that the issues presented and explored in this volume will serve to encourage ecological scientists and practitioners in international development fields to collaborate together to identify creative, sustainable and viable solutions to challenges preventing poverty alleviation around the world.
> One important feature of the current study is that it involves a collaboration of social psychological and ecological scientists.
Most ecological scientists agree that gene flow is not an environmental problem unless it leads to undesirable consequences.
We first formally assessed the needs of researchers by conducting surveys and interviews of our target research groups: earth, environmental, and ecological scientists.
Our vision was to promote publishing, archiving, and sharing of tabular data among earth, environmental, oceanographic, and ecological scientists by creating a tool that will easily integrate into their current workflows and assist them in data management and preservation.
