A Narrative Policy Approach to Environmental Conservation

作者：Lawton Ricky N^*; Rudd Murray A

来源：Ambio, 2014, 43(7): 849-857.

DOI：10.1007/s13280-014-0497-8

• Context
• Research impacts
• Narrative Policy Framework
• Ecosystem services
• Converger
• Diverger

Due to the urgency and seriousness of the loss of biological diversity, scientists from across a range of disciplines are urged to increase the salience and use of their research by policy-makers. Increased policy nuance is needed to address the science-policy gap and overcome divergent views of separate research and policy worlds, a view still relatively common among conservation scientists. Research impact considerations should recognize that policy uptake is dependent on contextual variables operating in the policy sphere. We provide a novel adaptation of existing policy approaches to evidence impact that accounts for non-evidentiary %26quot;societal%26quot; influences on decision-making. We highlight recent analytical tools from political science that account for the use of evidence by policy-makers. Using the United Kingdom%26apos;s recent embrace of the ecosystem approach to environmental management, we advocate analyzing evidence research impact through a narrative lens that accounts for the credibility, legitimacy, and relevance of science for policy.

• 出版日期2014-11