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Nature 449, 989 (25 October 2007) | doi:10.1038/449989a; Published online 24 October 2007
Science & politics Fishing for certainty
Andrew A. Rosenberg1
- Andrew A. Rosenberg is professor of natural resources at the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans and Space, Morse Hall 142, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, USA.
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Abstract
Science advisers should have confidence in their data, or risk being undermined by more dogmatic and vociferous stakeholders during the policy-making process.
Policy-makers receive formal and informal advice from all quarters: scientific, legal, political and public. Each piece of advice is considered mandatory by the giver, and it often conflicts with other advisers' points of view.
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