Scale framing of scientific uncertainty in controversy over the endangered Steller sea lion

Article Abstract:

Political debate about the endangered Steller sea lion turns on uncertainty about the cause of decline and lack of recovery of this marine mammal of the North Pacific Ocean. Study is conducted to show that using scale, as a framing device is a powerful political strategy for dealing with uncertainty, because focusing on a particular scale presupposes certain kinds of solutions while foreclosing others.

Government domestic functions, Administration of Conservation Programs, Wildlife Protection Programs, Protection and preservation, Wildlife conservation, Sea lions, Natural resource policy

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The environmental and post-environmental politics of genetically modified crops and foods

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The different ways in which the anti-genetically modified (GM) movement and plant scientists think about genetic engineering and sustainable agriculture is presented. It is suggested that if anti-GM activists are supposed to build alliances with plant scientists then they would required understanding and taking seriously the structure of incentives that these scientists face.

Analysis, Environmental aspects, Environmental movement, Environmentalism, Genetically modified crops

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