Has anyone else noticed that: 1) the cause of environmental degradation is due to human behaviour and governance (i.e. social sciences) yet 2) almost all research & teaching at UK universities are in natural sciences? How's that gonna help save the world, hmm? 🤔
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plus ca change nature.com/news/major-biodiv… Choice of words do matter ('degradation')
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"A monoculture of natural scientists" ouch! @IPBES nature.com/news/major-biodiv…
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Replying to @blackgull @NikiRust
Dear Rob & Niki, thank you for highlighting an important issue for the IPBES Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. You may be interested to know that for the Global Assessment, social scientists & interdisc. experts made up more than 40% of authors. Values assessment goes even further

Feb 27, 2020 · 1:26 PM UTC

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