From Is to Should: Helping Students Translate Conservation Biology into Conservation Policy

Takacs, David

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From Is to Should: Helping Students Translate Conservation Biology into Conservation Policy

David Takacs

University of California Hastings College of the Law

October 6, 2006

Conservation Biology, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 1342-1348, 2006

Abstract:
Good environmental science does not automatically translate into good environmental policy. This paper explores how to help students in an interdisciplinary Earth Systems Science and Policy program translate the “is” of science into the “ought” of policymaking.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 7

Keywords: Conservation biology, education, pedagogy, environmental policy

JEL Classification: Z00

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Date posted: August 20, 2010

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Takacs, David, From Is to Should: Helping Students Translate Conservation Biology into Conservation Policy (October 6, 2006). Conservation Biology, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 1342-1348, 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1654679

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