{"id":5569,"date":"2011-07-27T15:28:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T19:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/?p=5569"},"modified":"2011-07-27T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2011-07-27T19:28:56","slug":"a-new-esa-section-on-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esa.org\/esablog\/2011\/07\/27\/a-new-esa-section-on-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"A New ESA Section on Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post contributed by Richard Pouyat, ESA Vice President for Public Affairs from 2005 \u2013 2008<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe purpose of an ESA Section as described on the ESA website is to \u201c. . . promote the various special interests of the Membership. \u00a0Activities are intended to encourage research, exchange ideas, and facilitate communication between ecologists with similar disciplinary interests.\u201d\u00a0 In recent years the Society\u2019s sections have expanded in scope and now reach beyond a scientific discipline.\u00a0 Newer sections include Education, Environmental Justice, International Affairs, and Student.\u00a0 These broader topical sections have become very popular with the membership (Education: 362, Environmental Justice: 76, International Affairs: 70, and Student: 574).\u00a0 Moreover, this new expanded view of sections has helped the Society meet an important goal\u2014namely to encourage its diverse community of members to become more involved in their Society. \u00a0Without a doubt, the newest sections have become a way for individuals to become involved in issues or with other ecologists that go beyond the disciplines that make up ecological science.\u00a0 They bring together like-minded members who wish to expand the relevance of ecology beyond ecologists. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Society\u2019s newest addition is the Policy Section, spurred by the leadership of former ESA Vice Presidents of Public Affairs Richard Pouyat, Laura Huenneke, Alison Power, Timothy Schowalter, Ann Bartuska and Anthony Janetos.\u00a0 Their goal\u2014and that of the over 50 ESA members who added their names to the petition to propose the new section\u2014is to strengthen the intersection of ecological science and public policy. <\/span><\/p>\n

Specifically, the Section proposes to: <\/span><\/p>\n

(1)\u00a0 foster interaction among ecologists who have worked or currently work in policy positions, or have the desire to communicate with members who have public policy experience <\/span><\/p>\n

(2)\u00a0 form a database of members who have policy experience that can be utilized by the Governing Board, ESA sections and chapters, Public Affairs, Science, and Education Offices, and standing ESA committees <\/span><\/p>\n

(3)\u00a0 facilitate collaborative links among members through symposia, organized oral sessions, special sessions, and social events in Washington DC and regionally; and <\/span><\/p>\n

(4)\u00a0 work with the Society\u2019s Public Affairs Office to facilitate the participation of students in training exercises and one-on-one interactions with policy makers. <\/span><\/p>\n

The Policy Section was initiated based on the realization that a significant number of ESA members have or continue to work in some capacity on public policy at non-governmental organizations (NGOs), on Capitol Hill, and with federal agencies.\u00a0 As a group these members represent an invaluable resource to ESA. \u00a0In addition, there has been a growing desire by many ecologists to engage in relevant policy issues in their local communities and the Policy Section provides a home for these members.\u00a0 This newest ESA Section offers an opportunity that goes beyond the Annual Meeting and the journals published by the Society to communicate and exchange ideas to more effectively integrate science and the making of public policy. <\/span><\/p>\n

It will hold its inaugural meeting at the upcoming ESA Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas, and all interested members are invited to attend.\u00a0 Some early ideas have already been proposed including coordinating with ESA\u2019s Public Affairs Office, networking events in Washington, DC, developing or sponsoring symposia and organized oral sessions on science and policy, and developing a database of members with policy experience.\u00a0 If you will be at the annual meeting, please join us over refreshments on Monday, August 8 from 6:30-8:00 PM in Room 1, of the Austin Convention Center.\u00a0 Or let us know now what you think now via the comment section of this blog!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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