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Box 12.1 (continued)
Fig. 12.3 Identifying “the good, the bad, and the slimy” taxa in collected algae
12.3
Engaging Ecologists in Stewardship
Both the SBI and the Earth Stewardship Initiative were initially proposed to ESA
members with some trepidation, given ESA's history of reluctance to address the
link between science and policy, which may have refl ected a fear that this could lead
to advocacy, such that the credibility or objectivity of the science would be jeopar-
dized (Lubchenco 2012 ; Callicott ( 2015 ) in this volume [Chap. 11 ]). However, both
initiatives came to be widely supported by ESA membership, particularly by
younger members. Both initiatives represent an expansion of ESA's goals from a
focus on communication of ecological science among members to “raising public
awareness and ensuring the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental
decision making” ( http://www.esa.org/esa/ ). ESA has explored and promoted the
Earth Stewardship Initiative among ecologists largely through four approaches:
1. articulation of the Earth Stewardship Initiative concept in ESA publications
(Chapin et al. 2011 ; Power and Chapin 2009 ; Sayre et al. 2013 ) and Website
( http://www.esa.org/esa/?page_id=2157 ) ,
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