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Science 18 February 2000:
Vol. 287. no. 5456, pp. 1192 - 1195
DOI: 10.1126/science.287.5456.1192
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TRANSFORMING A DISCIPLINE:
A New Breed of Scientist-Advocate Emerges

Kathryn S. Brown

If there's one discipline whose scientists as a rule want to influence policy, it's conservation biology: Concern over the disconnect between science and management led researchers to form the Society for Conservation Biology in 1985. While many ecologists agonize over whether to weigh in on policy issues (see p. 1188), conservation biologists are taking the offensive, launching magazines, forums, and programs to make their voices heard and to get a dialogue going with resource managers.

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