Note to the question ...Is scientific knowledge necessary for effective management of mangrove ecosystems?
Dear Professor Dr Gong, Dr Ong and respective experts,
- Well,...Science?.....complex language and difficult to be understood, ..... and adapting of high carrying capacity....
- Management........needs a right carrying capacity to ensure a long run of resources availability.......
- Ecosystem........natural assets ...can be goods and services within a limited capacity of production chain to produce their goods and services.
SO, firstly...I would totally agree....most experts use scientific knowledge as the basic toward a good management. That's so fine....however....in regarding to the ground management, especially at the lowest level....resources users, for instance local people hard to follow the scientific knowledge derived/based rules for a management strategy. To this question, from my understanding..there are two levels of management strategy; manager level and local level in rgarding to meet a long run management.
So, the interpretation from managers down directly to local....should and/or must be simple language..to be easily understood. Resources users like local people can see only their basic needs without consideration of long terms uses, ....but managers do.
Finally, I would conclude that...the survival ecosystems.. very need scientific knowledge to foresee the resources capacity of their production vs basic needs of users.
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