How Policy Discussions Drive Innovation in Forest Management

摘要

Science based forest management has a proud tradition where scientific innovations have played important roles both in improving forest stewardship and meeting human needs from the forest. Now broad scale forest management discussions are influencinginnovation in forest management and the convergence of three processes (the science management process, the adaptive management process, and the innovation-decision process) are changing the expectations and standards for science and science products. These discussions are impacting science management by emphasizing the importance of synchronizing problem solving research with knowledge discovery, synthesis, and science delivery to users.