Publication

Paper by the IUFRO Task Force on the Forest Science-Policy Interface, presented at a Side Event of the Third Session of the Intergovernmental Forum on Forests (IFF 3), Geneva, Switzerland, 3-14 May 1999.

"In this paper we want to share some of the experiences we have had in integrating science and policy. We have been discussing this topic and developing appropriate roles for scientists and policy makers for several years in IUFRO. In our paper we will focus on the following points: 

1. Science helps policy makers create new visions and new possibilities for forest management. 

2. Policy makers have visions too, and science can help convert their visions into reality. 

3. Science helps bring organization and logic to debates among policy makers. 

4. The role of a scientist and scientific processes are unique and should not be compromised. 

5. Science administrators have a distinct role and it is not the same as the role of a scientist."