Communicating and Using Uncertain Information in Conservation Decision Making

Global climate is projected to continue to change over this century and beyond and we don’t know with complete certainty how managed and sometimes un-managed systems will respond under these changes. In spite of the changes and the associated uncertainties, especially precise ones, natural resource decision makers still need to make decisions into the future.
On February 27 and 28, 2013, the Southeast Climate Science Center funded a workshop hosted by the University of Georgia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Georgia. The workshop, Communicating and Using Uncertain Information in Conservation Decision Making, brought together an interdisciplinary group of practioners to think thoughtfully about identifying research and strategic planning needs to facilitate science based decision support in the presence of uncertainty.
We invite you to view the plenary session talks by Dr. Marshall Sheperd (UGA and American Meteorological Association) and Dr. Michael Runge (USGS) that helped to frame the workshop.
[quote align=”center” color=”#999999″]Many wildlife management decisions are difficult because the objectives are contentious, the possible management actions are limited, and the response of the resource is uncertain…”[/quote]
– Lyons et al, 2008.
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Photos by Addie Rose Holland, Northeast Climate Science Center