The concept boundary organization has been introduced to identify and explain a specific
way of organizing the interface between science and policy. Although the original meaning …

International efforts to tackle desertification led by the United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification (UNCCD) support participatory approaches. The emphasis has been on …

For more than a decade, a popular theory amongst scholars of science-policy interactions
has been that research is most effective at informing policy and decision-making processes …

We are in a rapidly changing world where new dynamics are stressing the knowledge-action
landscape: a greater understanding that cross-scale interactions are critical; increasing …

Global drylands face a host of urgent human and environmental challenges with far‐
reaching impacts. Improving smallholder agriculture remains a key development pathway to …

The Arab world's environment is among the most vulnerable and harsh ones across the
globe. This entails much efforts to mitigate the potential environmental risks. Analysing …

There have been many calls in policy and academia for more inclusiveness in science-
policy interfaces, but there is as yet insufficient clarity as to what such inclusiveness means …

In 2013, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) established a
science–policy interface (SPI) to address Parties' need for demand-driven, timely …

“Science Advice and Global Environmental Governance” examines expert committees
established to provide science advice to multilateral environmental agreements. By focusing …

Boundary organizations have a crucial function in environmental governance by facilitating
the processes through which scientists and decision-makers generate, exchange, evaluate …