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Need to identify stakeholders that are most likely to be affected by MFC or who will be harmed by disruptions in connectivity (e.g. commercial and recreational fishers, aquaculture, & those involved in marine wildlife tourism).

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Need to identify stakeholders that are most likely to be affected by MFC or who will be harmed by disruptions in connectivity (e.g. commercial and recreational fishers, aquaculture, & those involved in marine wildlife tourism).

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Decision-makers only need short recommendations

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Publish in relevant places with relevant audience

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Platform where all actors come together and build mutual trust

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Platform where all actors come together and build mutual trust

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Bypass the editorial limitation by using social networks

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Bypass the editorial limitation by using social networks

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Formal and informal consultation sessions to exchange all knowledge and scientific advice.

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Formal and informal consultation sessions to exchange all knowledge and scientific advice.

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Through workshops, multi-actor labs, dialogue

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Through workshops, multi-actor labs, dialogue

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Highlight issues / opportunities for improvement, data gaps and assumptions to be made in the meantime

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Highlight issues / opportunities for improvement, data gaps and assumptions to be made in the meantime

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Spilhaus' projection (1942) -> shows that there is only 1 Ocean (= 1 single big water mass) with varied areas more or less "connected"

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Create active forums/platforms to share and exchange data and experiences -scientific advice

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Create active forums/platforms to share and exchange data and experiences -scientific advice

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Message conveyors who can translate knowledge between these 2 worlds

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Message conveyors who can translate knowledge between these 2 worlds

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Dissemination should be interactive, i.e. open to comments and input from the stakeholders. 

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Dissemination should be interactive, i.e. open to comments and input from the stakeholders. 

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How we communicate the science is important. 

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How we communicate the science is important. 

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Key messages should be simply elaborated.

Make the complex interactions easy to understand so that non-scientists can grasp the concepts.

Clear and easy description of what MFC actually is

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Need for coordination among MFC scientists

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Need for coordination among MFC scientists

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To convey a clear unified message instead of fragmented and sometimes contradictory information

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By promoting working sessions, brainstorm sessions, where all the marine stakeholders can give their thoughts and express their interests and concerns.  

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By promoting working sessions, brainstorm sessions, where all the marine stakeholders can give their thoughts and express their interests and concerns.  

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Practical study-cases, case scenarios, better list decision-maker needs

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Practical study-cases, case scenarios, better list decision-maker needs

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Dedicated events during decision-makers meetings at local, national, regional level

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Dedicated events during decision-makers meetings at local, national, regional level

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Ensuring sufficient funding to fill the gaps in science

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Ensuring sufficient funding to fill the gaps in science

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Providing detailed field case studies, involving in simple modelling exercises or simulations

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Providing detailed field case studies, involving in simple modelling exercises or simulations

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Conservation priorities within an area, in terms of spatial and temporal scales needed for their implementation

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Conservation priorities within an area, in terms of spatial and temporal scales needed for their implementation

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Through initiatives that facilitate the communication between the parties, involving local stakeholders and sharing experiences

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Through initiatives that facilitate the communication between the parties, involving local stakeholders and sharing experiences

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Barrier 3: Difficulty in ensuring effective measures & lack of ecosystem approach in environmental policies.

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Barrier 3: Difficulty in ensuring effective measures & lack of ecosystem approach in environmental policies.

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Clear and easy description of how MFC influences all the human activities

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Clear and easy description of how MFC influences all the human activities

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MFC science communication using different attractive formats

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MFC science communication using different attractive formats

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Convert scientific data into tools easy to interpret, and created by keeping in mind what decision-makers need → maps, graphics, indices, models, guidelines, boundaries, etc

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By collecting all the data (and reports/papers) in a state of the art database with a simple and graphical userface, which is also seamlessly integrated to the existing data protals such as EmodNet and Copernicus.

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By collecting all the data (and reports/papers) in a state of the art database with a simple and graphical userface, which is also seamlessly integrated to the existing data protals such as EmodNet and Copernicus.

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Networking with local peers or NGOs with related interest that can organize local events with stakeholders previously identified.

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Networking with local peers or NGOs with related interest that can organize local events with stakeholders previously identified.

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With more courses and presentations like this one

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With more courses and presentations like this one

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By paper publication, by dissemination sessions, by press conferences, etc

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By paper publication, by dissemination sessions, by press conferences, etc

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At public events, webinars, attending information events, through established organizations

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At public events, webinars, attending information events, through established organizations

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Management/ conservation actions should be prioritized and aligned with expected outcomes, potential mishaps and, if possible, related costs. 

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Management/ conservation actions should be prioritized and aligned with expected outcomes, potential mishaps and, if possible, related costs. 

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Newsletters, list of stakeholders, connections to networks

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Newsletters, list of stakeholders, connections to networks

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Barrier 1: Scientists know very little about the actual needs of the policymakers for decision-taking

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Barrier 1: Scientists know very little about the actual needs of the policymakers for decision-taking

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Barrier 1: Lack of a broad and also in-depth understanding of the issue

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Barrier 1: Lack of a broad and also in-depth understanding of the issue

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Barrier 4: Uncertainty surrounding theoretical models/concepts, and data

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Barrier 4: Uncertainty surrounding theoretical models/concepts, and data

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Barrier 2: Lack of awareness of why MFC is important, perception of high costs/benefit ratio, lack of understanding of ecological consequences 

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Barrier 2: Lack of awareness of why MFC is important, perception of high costs/benefit ratio, lack of understanding of ecological consequences 

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Barrier 2: Lack of knowledge /data on MFC for some species (national and even more international scale)

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Barrier 2: Lack of knowledge /data on MFC for some species (national and even more international scale)

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MFC is a hugely broad concept that is context  dependent. It has to be translated to layman language (= words that anyone can understand).

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Barrier 4:  It is much more effort on the side of policymakers to challenge the governance system

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Barrier 4:  It is much more effort on the side of policymakers to challenge the governance system

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Barriers linked to MFC data uncertainty and complexity

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Barriers linked to MFC data uncertainty and complexity

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One cannot always make their science heard ?

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Barrier 3: Complexity, lack of agreement on common methodologies.

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Barrier 3: Complexity, lack of agreement on common methodologies.

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Barrier 3: Lack of standardization, tendency of scientific knowledge to be kept within the frontiers of scientific community

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Barrier 3: Lack of standardization, tendency of scientific knowledge to be kept within the frontiers of scientific community

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Barrier : Lack of standardization within the scientific community 

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Barrier : Lack of standardization within the scientific community 

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The use of different terms and concepts in different disciplines complicates the message

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Barrier 2: reluctance/ problems in sharing scientific knowledge / data

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Barrier 2: reluctance/ problems in sharing scientific knowledge / data

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Tendency of scientific knowledge to be kept within the frontiers of scientific community

Reluctance in Data sharing amid scientific community

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Lack of multidisciplinary collaborative approach (involving science, policy, NGOs, private sector and other relevant stakeholders) 

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Lack of multidisciplinary collaborative approach (involving science, policy, NGOs, private sector and other relevant stakeholders) 

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This is needed to understand the complexity of the challenges especially interacting with policy issues involving complex, dynamic and interconnected social, economic and environmental processes, are highly uncertain and beyond our direct control.

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Key enabler 4 = forge strong & regular working links between MFC scientists and decision-makers

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Key enabler 4 = forge strong & regular working links between MFC scientists and decision-makers

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Establishment of periodical meetings and working groups. Make sure that decision makers can share ideas and proposals to scientists and receive feedback.

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Encouraging Technology Transfer between Research infrastructures and Companies (innovation management)

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Encouraging Technology Transfer between Research infrastructures and Companies (innovation management)

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Some political issues are also highlighted in non EU countries regarding data sharing and protection platforms related to the sovereignty of each nation. A transboundary dialogue is needed to overcome this matter and standardize our data.

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Some political issues are also highlighted in non EU countries regarding data sharing and protection platforms related to the sovereignty of each nation. A transboundary dialogue is needed to overcome this matter and standardize our data.

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Training of young scientists and stakeholders so they can be at the interface

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Training of young scientists and stakeholders so they can be at the interface

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Not everybody is fluent in English

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Key Enabler 5 = encourage transdisciplinary co-production of MFC knowledge

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Key Enabler 5 = encourage transdisciplinary co-production of MFC knowledge

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Create a functional community of MFC actors, involving scientists from all disciplines but also
the main stakeholders (such as Technological Clusters) to design MFC science allowing to
answer societal issues

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MFC scientists should speak focusing on what is known,
i.e. stressing the certainty that comes from robust information
they can also consider speaking in terms of risks instead of uncertainty

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Key enabler 2 = listening and adapting  

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Key enabler 2 = listening and adapting  

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MFC scientists should listen to decision-makers, see what their needs/problems are, and then provide information about how MFC can solve the decision-makers' problems.

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Key enabler 1 = more effective science communication

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Key enabler 1 = more effective science communication

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Simplify (theoretical concepts) and synthesize information

Create a clear narrative around MFC relevance avoiding complexity

Why it matters (emphasis on the losses the globe will face)

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Improving MFC scientists communication (skills & tools)

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Improving MFC scientists communication (skills & tools)

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Key enabler 9 = consolidate/increase MFC knowledge

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Key enabler 9 = consolidate/increase MFC knowledge

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Increase knowledge and build on other indicators to monitor the ecological state of the water bodies and marine areas.

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Key enabler 7 = MFC scientists training/education

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Key enabler 7 = MFC scientists training/education

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Make sure scientists are aware of (trained to?) marine legislation, marine spatial planning, ecosystem management, etc.

Make sure scientists understand what is the goal of the policy and what are the competing interests that a policy touches. Private property and business freedom often predominate over public good and preservation of global commons. From this, policymakers make decisions that tend to maximize growth, i.e. they take into account economic outcomes that contribute to GDP but disregard erosion of the natural capital.

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Key enabler 6 = decision-maker training/education

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Key enabler 6 = decision-maker training/education

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Make sure that marine policymakers understand that marine ecosystems are interrelated.

Changing decision-makers' vision of what our use of marine resources should be? From "blue growth" to "blue sustainable economy"?

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Marine Functional Connectivity (MFC) in a nutshell

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Marine Functional Connectivity (MFC) in a nutshell

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MFC characterizes all the migratory flows of marine organisms that determine the interdependency of populations, species and ecosystems, at sea but also at the land-sea interface.

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Barrier 2: the academic system today is not tailored for this

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Barrier 2: the academic system today is not tailored for this

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Scientists don't see what kind of recognition you get by doing so

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Key enabler 8 = MFC knowledge should be presented alongside new ways to measure prosperity and well-being

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Key enabler 8 = MFC knowledge should be presented alongside new ways to measure prosperity and well-being

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For example the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) = framework that integrates economic and environmental data to provide a more comprehensive and multi-purpose view of the interrelationships between the economy and the environment and the stocks and changes in stocks of environmental assets

This might require MFC research scientists to collaborate with economists and jurists.

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Use of different language, "language" barriers: 

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Use of different language, "language" barriers: 

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Science - cautious and Policy - assertive.

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One aspect of this complexity is asymmetry. Connectivity in one direction may be different than in another. An area may be well connected as a source of larvae or individuals, but poorly connected as a recipient. This makes it difficult to assess the importance of one or another area in the general context of a conservation network.

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Establishing collaborative networks (an example is this cost action) for the exchange of information and shared data bases to increase the power of analyses and detection of data gaps

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Establishing collaborative networks (an example is this cost action) for the exchange of information and shared data bases to increase the power of analyses and detection of data gaps

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Barrier 4: Uncertainty surrounding theoretical models/concepts, and data: a source of uncertainty came from the interpretation of some methods, for example genetic population analyses in a context of time scales. It is not possible to differentiate if the genetic fluxes ar maintained in the present or are the result of historic fluxes.

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Barrier 4: Uncertainty surrounding theoretical models/concepts, and data: a source of uncertainty came from the interpretation of some methods, for example genetic population analyses in a context of time scales. It is not possible to differentiate if the genetic fluxes ar maintained in the present or are the result of historic fluxes.

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Barrier 5: Political interest ? Probably the question mark is quite adequate because in most of the cases politics and management are quite different things. In this context politics has nothing to do with real problems or have no interest in any ecological process

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Barrier 5: Political interest ? Probably the question mark is quite adequate because in most of the cases politics and management are quite different things. In this context politics has nothing to do with real problems or have no interest in any ecological process