Information visualisation for science and policy: engaging users and avoiding bias

McInerny, Greg J.; Chen, Min; Freeman, Robin; Gavaghan, David; Meyer, Miriah; Rowland, Francis; Spiegelhalter, David; Stefaner, Moritz; Tessarolo, Geiziane; Hortal, Joaquín

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2014.01.003

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“…"User-centered design" or "co-design" is a process that involves iterative interactions with end users when defining, developing, and testing a product, thereby aiding in the development of a product that is based on a deep understanding of users' goals, motivations, and abilities (Parker and Sinclair, 2001;McInerny et al, 2014). For instance, Species+ was developed through a partnership between the CITES Secretariat and UNEP-WCMC for a specific purpose, for an identified set of end users: namely, to assist Parties in the implementation of CITES, CMS, and the European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations.…”

Section: Iterative Co-design Of a User-friendly Interfacementioning

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Blueprints of Effective Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge Products That Support Marine Policy

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Biodiversity and conservation data are generally costly to collect, particularly in the marine realm. Hence, data collected for a given-often scientific-purpose are occasionally contributed toward secondary needs, such as policy implementation or other types of decision-making. However, while the quality and accessibility of marine biodiversity and conservation data have improved over the past decade, the ways in which these data can be used to develop and implement relevant management and conservation measures and actions are not always explicit. For this reason, there are a number of scientifically-sound datasets that are not used systematically to inform policy and decisions. Transforming these marine biodiversity and conservation datasets into knowledge products that convey the information required by policy-and decision-makers is an important step in strengthening knowledge exchange across the science-policy interface. Here, we identify seven characteristics of a selection of online biodiversity and conservation knowledge products that contribute to their ability to support policy-and decision-making in the marine realm (as measured by e.g., mentions in policy resolutions/decisions, or use for reporting under selected policy instruments; use in high-level screening for areas of biodiversity importance). These characteristics include: a clear policy mandate; established networks of collaborators; iterative co-design of a user-friendly interface; standardized, comprehensive and documented methods with quality assurance; consistent capacity and succession planning; accessible data and value-added products that are fit-for-purpose; and metrics of use collated and reported. The outcomes of this review are intended to: (a) support data creators/owners/providers in designing and curating biodiversity and conservation knowledge products that have Weatherdon et al.Blueprints of Effective Knowledge Products greater influence, and hence impact, in policy-and decision-making, and (b) provide recommendations for how decision-and policy-makers can support the development, implementation, and sustainability of robust biodiversity and conservation knowledge products through the framing of marine policy and decision-making frameworks.

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Section: Iterative Co-design Of a User-friendly Interfacementioning

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“…Considerable progress in visualizing and graphically representing observed and modeled data is also required, these aspects being particularly important at the interface between science and policy-making. Improvements will be particularly crucial for visualizing uncertainty and decreasing the dimensionality of information displays [43]. Furthermore, tradeoff analyses have generally been exploratory, using graphics and multivariate analyses, as exemplified by Raudsepp-Hearne et al [8] and Lavorel et al [44].…”

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A social–ecological approach to managing multiple agro-ecosystem services

Lescourret¹,

Magda²,

Richard

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The sustainability of agro-ecosystems depends on their ability to deliver an entire package of multiple ecosystem services, rather than provisioning services alone. New social and ecological dimensions of agricultural management must be explored in agricultural landscapes, to foster this ability. We propose a social–ecological framework for the service-based management of agro-ecosystems, specified through an explicit and symmetric representation of the ecosystem and the social system, and the dynamic links between them. It highlights how management practices, with their multiple effects, could drive the provision of multiple services. Based on this framework, we have identified the design of collective multiservice management as a key research issue. It requires innovations in stakeholder organizations and tools to foster synergy between ecosystem functioning and social dynamics, given the complexity and uncertainties of ecological systems

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“…Another typology used by Petanidou and Dalaka (2009) Research data from field surveying and ethnographic work were also used to create a spatial representation, through a mapping visualization of the traditional management of these two salinas. Maps are powerful means to show spatial information and communicate complex phenomena (McInerny et al, 2014). A mapping system of each site can combine spatial information on the extent and internal structures of the salinas with the knowledge derived from experience of the artisans in managing each site.…”

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Traditional Use of Shore Platforms: A Study of the Artisanal Management of Salinas on the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)

2017

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Shore platforms and salinas in the Mediterranean region have a long-standing relationship, rooted in the traditional practice of salt making. On small islands with limited natural resources, the production of salt from seawater, through insolation and intense human endeavour, offered numerous economic benefits. Salt has been a foremost natural resource for millennia with a range of uses from preserving edible foods to cooking, cleaning, laundry, and hygiene, and for medicinal uses in dilute solutions. Within the Maltese Islands, this traditional activity was developed primarily on the soft limestone shore platforms situated along low-lying rocky coasts. Although coastal production has declined in number over the years, a few salinas have persisted in their artisanal practice and are becoming a cultural geo-heritage attraction. The aim of this article is to explore the multiple geographies of this industry on two shore platforms by examining the complicated relationships that have emerged and molded between the physical landscape and human culture. Mapping out these relations through the traditional but complex management systems at two salinas, that is, the salinas at Delimara Point (Malta) and those at Xwejni Bay (Gozo), highlights the delicate nature of these relations as well as the need to support them in order to continually reproduce the cultural micro-landscape. The resultant micro-landscape is becoming an increasingly important living expression of the cultural geo-heritage of the Maltese Islands, which requires careful understanding and management of these relations if it is to be maintained as a vibrant geo-tourist attraction.

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Information visualisation for science and policy: engaging users and avoiding bias

Cited by 109 publications

References 65 publications

Blueprints of Effective Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge Products That Support Marine Policy

Blueprints of Effective Biodiversity and Conservation Knowledge Products That Support Marine Policy

A social–ecological approach to managing multiple agro-ecosystem services

Traditional Use of Shore Platforms: A Study of the Artisanal Management of Salinas on the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean)

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