Sciences,knowledges, and the practice of forestry |
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| Authors: | Louise Fortmann Heidi Ballard |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA;(2) School of Education, University of California at Davis, Davis, CA, USA |
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| Abstract: | We address the question of how credible knowledge that will contribute to more effective forest policy and management can
be produced. We argue that some forest-related knowledge-producing practices of professional scientists and of local people
are similar, and given the differences in the knowledge they produce, we explore how they might be used productively together
to create better understandings of forests with resulting better forestry practice and policy. Using a case study of participatory
forest ecology research, we demonstrate that when professional (conventional) scientists do research in collaboration with
local experts (civil scientists), the resulting knowledge can be more accurate and more policy relevant than they could produce
doing research on their own or only with other conventional scientists. |
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