Abstract:This paper sets forth a framework to describe the seience-policy interface. The "sedimentation-upwelling model" is a two-part process through which scientific information gradually becomes part of resource managers' and policymakers' agendas. In this paper, sedimentation refers to a gradual process through which scientific information slowly permeates a policymaking body, often slowly and through multiple sources. Upwelling is a process by which policymakers, having become aware of scientific concepts in a gen… Show more
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