Amplifying the gaps between climate science and forest policy: the Write2Know Project and participatory dissent

Authors

  • Natasha Myers

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/s1mwhf44

Author Biography

  • Natasha Myers

    Natasha Myers is associate professor of anthropology at York University, convener of the Politics of Evidence Working Group, co-organizer of the Write2Know Project, co-organizer of the Technoscience Salon, and director of the Plant Studies Collaboratory (http://natashamyers.org).

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Published

2015-10-31

How to Cite

Amplifying the gaps between climate science and forest policy: the Write2Know Project and participatory dissent. (2015). Canada Watch. https://doi.org/10.25071/s1mwhf44