Botkin+(1996)

Adjusting law to nature's discordant harmonies

- Revolution in ecology during the last 30 years - Laws and policies based on outmoded concepts: --> the myth of the Balance of Nature: undisturbed Nature DOESN'T remain in a constant desirable state. Examples: The Kirtland's Warbler and the Hutchinson Forest. --> plausibility = no need for information: fire is bad; sea lions are the cause <> arguments based on scientific information (observation): fire is necessary; sea lions doesn't interfere. - Paradigm shift: "avoid hypotheses based on myths; instead, search for and examine available data." - "Create an open process, involving the public." (post-normal science: more stakes; civic science: public participation for policy-making)