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Harwell, M., E. Eisenhauer, D. Harwell, Phillip Page, E. Freed, AND J. Tomasula. Translational Science, Ecosystem Services, and Environmental Law and Governance. National Council for Science and the Environment's 2020 Conference entitled “Science in Environmental Decision Making”, Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C, January 07 - 09, 2020.

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This abstract is for a Special Session at the at the National Council for Science and the Environment's 2020 Conference entitled “Science in Environmental Decision Making”. The session presents a series of discussions on EPA's investment in ecosystem services, including its use in ORD's translational framework in support of environmental decision making.

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A significant amount of science falls into the category of “data rich, but information poor”, with science produced without sufficient consideration of the use or decision context and without processes in place to translate information for specific environmental-decision making, or adaptive governance and management decisions. This Special Session, "Translational Science, Ecosystem Services, and Environmental Law and Governance", will utilize an ecosystem services context to examine the issue of transfer of data into useful/useable knowledge (through translational science frameworks), and explore serving up effective ecosystem services science from both a policy (e.g., environmental governance and environmental law) and resource management (via several case studies) perspective. This session is targeted to several primary audiences, including decision makers and a range of scientists (e.g., environmental scientists, social scientists, decision scientists, ecosystem-based management implementation scientists, etc.) looking to present their important science in impactful ways to inform environmental decision making as well as environmental decision making practitioners wanting to learn more about environmental law, governance and ecosystem services.

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