Famine response needs better science communication - SciDev.Net

Connotea Imports 2012-07-31

Summary:

"The situation [the famine in the Horn of Africa] emphasises the gap between our rapidly increasing ability to predict disasters, thanks largely to advances in science and technology, and our capacity to generate the political will to carry out effective mitigation strategies. One important obstacle is that politicians often feel uncomfortable taking decisions when the science is uncertain. So the way that scientific evidence is communicated by researchers and journalists can make a big difference. But scientists desperately need better communication techniques to ensure that politicians are alerted to credible evidence of a looming humanitarian disaster...."

Link:

http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/famine-response-needs-better-science-communication-1.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment

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Tags:

ru.no oa.new oa.africa oa.humanitarian oa.journalism oa.south

Authors:

petersuber

Date tagged:

07/31/2012, 13:02

Date published:

07/23/2011, 10:16