What constitutes a ‘scientifically credible process?’ This important article asks some fundamental questions about the process underpinning the Western Australian RFA. The authors ask: e.g. has the process involved scientists, has it a framework for scientific debate, has it used scientific norms of peer review, publication and conferences, has it involved explicit methodology from which conclusions can be justifiably drawn? This has been published in the Australian Journal of Environmental Management and examines issues fundamental to natural resource management When scientific information is argued to be the foundation for setting criteria by which forests should be reserved and managed the credibility of the science needs to be examined.
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