Good communication between policy makers and scientists is a crucial requirement for developing policies that cost-effectively achieve measurable outcomes in conservation. Yet science and other forms of knowledge are not used effectively in policymaking; and policymakers do not always effectively inform scientists about their needs for scientific knowledge. Why is this so?
This event will bring together ecologists, conservation practitioners and policy-makers to discuss case-studies showing how science – policy interactions work in practice.

Join Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society and Lord Stern, President of the British Academy, as they discuss the need for collaboration in responding to the big issues of our time.

Growing interdisciplinarity in both in scientific research and academic study brings new opportunities …