Science Communication for the valuation of Biodiversity

• Grant number: 17/18329-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Journalism
• Effective date (Start): November 01, 2017
• Effective date (End): October 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Communications - Journalism and Publishing
• Principal Investigator: Carlos Alfredo Joly
• Grantee: Paula Felício Drummond de Castro
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Research place: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Coordenadoria de Centros e Núcleos Disciplinares (COCEN). Núcleo de Desenvolvimento da Criatividade (NUDECRI), Brazil

Abstract

Brazil is among the top ten countries in scientific production on biodiversity. However, the depletion of genetic, biological and ecosystem resources continues to grow. One problem posed is that the way in which biodiversity is discussed by scientists, conservationists and policymakers has not been satisfactory. Biodiversity is a very complex construction, technocratic and political, sometimes complicated for the ordinary citizen to make distinctions and assign values. Biodiversity seems to have a messaging problem. These evidences point to a gap in the transposition of scientific and specialized language, to a non-specialized language, that can reach all audiences, confirming the need to improve communication between scientists, managers and broad sectors of society. In this sense, the Scientific Journalism has afundamental contribution reducing the distance between knowledge generators.and the public opinion, making it possible for society to establish the connectionbetween biodiversity science and daily life. This journalistic research proposesto broaden the debate on the values of biodiversity and its relation with humanwell-being, generating journalistic content for a non-specialist public seeking tohighlight the relations between research and daily life. The research takes as a point of reference the information produced by three relevant current initiatives: the Biota / Fapesp Program, at the state level; BPBES, at the national level andIPBES, at the international level.

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

CARLOS A. JOLY; FABIO R. SCARANO; MERCEDES BUSTAMANTE; TATIANA MARIA CECY GADDA; JEAN PAUL WALTER METZGER; CRISTIANA SIMÃO SEIXAS; JEAN PIERRE HB OMETTO; ALINY PATRÍCIA FLAUZINO PIRES; ANDREA LARISSA BOESING; FRANCISCO DIOGO ROCHA SOUSA; et al. Diagnóstico brasileiro sobre biodiversidade e serviços ecossistêmicos: sumário para tomadores de decisão. Biota Neotropica, v. 19, n. 4, 2019-10-24. (17/18329-0)

JOLY, CARLOS A.; DE CASTRO, PAULA F. DRUMMOND; SPEGLICH, ERICA. Contributing to the advancement of the state-of-the-art in biodiversity research: the role of FAPESP in the last 60 years. Biota Neotropica, v. 22, p. 7-pg., 2022-01-01. (17/18329-0, 15/07435-8)

PIRES, ALINY P. F.; PADGURSCHI, MAIRA C. G.; DE CASTRO, PAULA D.; SCARANO, FABIO R.; STRASSBURG, BERNARDO; JOLY, CARLOS A.; WATSON, ROBERT T.; DE GROOT, RUDOLF. Ecosystem services or nature's contributions? Reasons behind different interpretations in Latin America. ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, v. 42, APR 2020. (17/18329-0)

KRUG, CORNELIA B.; STERLING, ELEANOR; CADMAN, TIMOTHY; GESCHKE, JONAS; DE CASTRO, PAULA F. DRUMMOND; SCHLIEP, RAINER; OSEMWEGIE, ISIMEMEN; MULLER-KARGER, FRANK E.; MARASENI, TEK. Stakeholder participation in IPBES: connecting local environmental work with global decision making. ECOSYSTEMS AND PEOPLE, v. 16, n. 1, p. 15-pg., 2020-01-01. (17/18329-0)