Understanding and solving the pressing environmental problems that face us today requires application of the best scientific knowledge available. Currently most enviromental managers are using books that focus on what is known about scientific methods, techniques, models and data that might be helpful. However, as environmental problems become ever more complex, it is questionable to what extent scientific knowledge is adequate or appropriate as a basis for making environmental decisions. Managers need to be aware that scientific results are based on probabilities rather than definitives. This book takes a case-study approach, with contributions from leading names in the field
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Introduction: Scientific Uncertainty And Environmental Problem-Solving Methodological Rules For Four Classes Of Scientific Uncertainty Uncertainties In The Disposal Of High-Level Nuclear Waste Scientific Uncertainty As A Constraint To Environmental Problem-Solving: Large-Scale Ecosystems Uncertainty In Managing Ecosystems Sustainably Scientific Uncertainty And Environmental Policy: Four Pollution Case Studies Uncertainties Associated With Extrapolating From Toxicological Responses In Laboratory Systems To The Responses Of Natural Systems The Conservation Of Biodiversity: Scientific Uncertainty And The Burden Of Proof Resolving Uncertainty In Marine Fisheries Management: Can We? Scientific Uncertainties And Water Resources Management Scientific Uncertainty And The Environmental Impact Assessment Process In The United States Implications Of Scientific Uncertainty To Environmental Impact Assessment: The International Environment Environmental Problem-Solving In An Age Of Electronic Communications: Towards An Integrated Or Reductionist Model? The Implications Of Scientific Uncertainty To Environmental Law Science Assumptions And Misplaced Certainty In Natural Resources And Environmental Problem-Solving