Bringing Molecular Tools into Environmental Resource Management Untangling the Molecules to Policy Pathway 英文参考文献.docVIP

Perspective Bringing Molecular Tools into Environmental Resource Management: Untangling the Molecules to Policy Pathway Raphael Sagarin*, Jens Carlsson, Michelle Duval, Wilson Freshwater, Matthew H. Godfrey, Wayne Litaker, Roldan Mu?oz , Rachel Noble, Tom Schultz, Bennett Wynne I ncreasingly, scientists are drawn to public debates on environmental policy, yet find themselves ill- equipped to influence the outcome. While many scientists have collected data (for example, on species being considered for listing under the Endangered Species Act) or developed technologies (for example, to detect unregulated waterborne pollutants) relevant to current policy debates, communicating these results to may not follow the most scientifically appropriate methods. This is both because improved techniques may have been developed after the policy was enacted and because managers constrained by legislatively mandated protocols (no matter how outdated) have limited opportunity for feedback to policy makers. are technical hurdles in adapting new lab techniques for field management situations, molecular techniques are already being employed in environmental management, and we argue that the bigger challenge to implementation is in surmounting the political, bureaucratic, and process- oriented hurdles. Here we outline some cutting-edge examples from seafood monitoring and fisheries management We believe that scientists and resource managers charged with implementing environmental policy can develop meaningful dialogues to navigate and in some cases streamline this complex “science to policy” pathway. This pathway can be redrawn as an iterative, collaborative approach in which researchers and managers discuss current and anticipated resource management needs and questions, researchers describe how scientific tools can meet those needs, and managers articulate the political and bureaucratic challenges that must be overcome to incorporate those tools. Opening a dialogue between managers and