Abstract
Hanssen, L., E. Rouwette, and M. M. van Katwijk. 2009. The role of ecological science in environmental policy making: from a pacification toward a facilitation strategy. Ecology and Society 14(1): 43. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-02884-140143
Highlights
In the last decade, several guidelines have been introduced in the science–policy interface to ensure stakeholder involvement and production of usable scientific knowledge in policy making
Our evaluation of the EVA II process focused on four research topics: procedures (SC, policy advisory group (PAG), audit committee), scientific research, conservation and commercial interests, and the new policy decision
Dossiers included the archives of the Dutch parliament, policy documents of governmental institutions involved in EVA II, articles on EVA II in three national newspapers, and the professional journals and periodicals of interest groups published from 1999 to 2004
Summary
Several guidelines have been introduced in the science–policy interface to ensure stakeholder involvement and production of usable scientific knowledge in policy making. We propose a facilitation strategy in which stakeholders formulate shared ambitions and directions for solutions at an early stage, and ecological scientists extend their participation in the process by scientifically assessing policy alternatives.
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