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Date of publication Dec 21, 2004 Category: Editorial

Is Darwin on the cross?

by Pietro Greco

The question was raised in the 4th November copy of The New York Times when it entitled the editorial of Garry Wills (political and cultural historian), regarding the re-election of George W. Bush, "The Day the Enlightenment Went Out". Wills' theory, with which the directors of the newspaper palpably concur, is that Bush was re-elected because "many more Americans believe in the Virgin Birth than in Darwin's theory of evolution".

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Date of publication Dec 21, 2004 Category: Commentary

Function, audiences and publics of contemporary radio: a challenge for researchers

by Enrico Menduni

Contemporary radio is under-studied by academic researchers, while on the contrary it expresses great exigencies of knowledge. Media studies examined deeply radio when it was the mainstream medium, i.e. in the Thirties, especially in the US also for marketing needs of a largely commercial broadcasting system.

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Date of publication Sep 21, 2004 Category: Commentary

The regional natural Parcs: La Brière

by Bernard Guiheneuf

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Date of publication Sep 21, 2004 Category: Commentary

The Delta Regional Park and Citizens' Participation

by Michele Fabbri

The Regional Park of the Po River Delta1 was set up in 1988 (it belongs to a Consortium of Public Bodies). It extends over 54,000 hectares of land and stretches across 45 km of the Italian Eastern coastline (45 km of the more than 90 km that go between the provinces of Ferrara and Ravenna)2 and is one of the largest and most significant natural parks in Italy.

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Date of publication Sep 21, 2004 Category: Commentary

Consensus and coordination in park policy

by Ugo Leone

I would like to start with a brief news item in the August 1999 issue of National Geographic which gives some food for thought: "With 5,000 climbing routes, such as Double Dogleg and Walk on the Wild Side, California's Joshua Tree National Park attracts about 140,000 enthusiasts a year to test their skill on granite boulders. But some visitors view their metal bolts as defacements hammered into rocks.

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Date of publication Sep 21, 2004 Category: Commentary

The role of communication and public awareness in the integrated management within Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority

by Virgil Munteanu

The concept of a biosphere reserve was adopted by UNESCO, within the MAB Programme, launched in 1971, in order to promote and to demonstrate the harmonious relationships that should exist between people and the environment and, particularly, to promote a harmonization model of the environmental protection needs with those of the sustainable economical-social development. All the international conventions, the management and action plans accomplished in order to achieve the sustainable development objectives underline the great importance to establish a constructive dialogue, with impact on the long term decisions, between the decision makers and the wide public (especially with the local population).

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Date of publication Sep 21, 2004 Category: Commentary

Consensus and partecipation: the role of natural parks

by Michele Fabbri

Natural parks are a place where science communicates with the public, involving dimensions ranging from the knowledge of living species to the relationship between man and nature, the environmental policy decisions and the anthropic impact assessments. Natural parks are therefore an important arena for scientific communication where the "shared participation" tools play a fundamental role. To this end, we report a few international experiences that illustrate the role of the interest holders and the importance of coordination of the parties involved in the management of parks.

The role of communication and public awareness in the integrated management within Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve Authority
by Virgil Munteanu

The regional natural Parcs: La Brière
by Bernard Guiheneuf

The Delta Regional Park and Citizens' Participation
by Michele Fabbri

Consensus and coordination in park policy
by Ugo Leone

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Date of publication Sep 21, 2004 Category: Letter

SMEC project: an european dimension for the relation between museum and school

by Sara Calcagnini

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Date of publication Sep 21, 2004 Category: Article

A typology of coastal researchers' modes of interactions with stakeholders

by Martin Le Tissier

A feature of the management of natural resources in the coastal zone is that it involves multiple stakeholders. It has been suggested that the effectiveness of coastal management relies on the cooperation of this multitude of stakeholders in decision-making. This study reports on the findings of an investigation into the modes of interaction used by coastal researchers to communicate with stakeholders. A qualitative research methodology was used through both telephone and in-depth face-toface interviews to elucidate the mechanisms of interaction and, in turn, produce a typology of interaction modes. It was found that there were five main modes of interaction: Limited; Mediator Achieved; Key Stakeholder; Full Interaction and Mixed and that the discipline area in which the researcher worked did not dictate their preferred mode of interaction. It was concluded that although there are a number of limitations to effective participation, these interactions have significant implications for meaningful participation in the management of coastal resources.

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Date of publication Sep 21, 2004 Category: Article

The Tuscan Artist

by Fabio Toscano

In The Areopagitica, his most important work of prose, John Milton mentions Galileo as the illustrious martyr who fought for the freedom of thought. The name of the great scientist is repeated several times in the English poet's epic masterpiece: Paradise Lost. In three different passages of the poem, Milton in fact celebrates the "Tuscan Artist" and his crucial achievements in astronomy. Nevertheless, in a subsequent passage, the poet addresses the Copernican issue without openly defending the heliocentric theory confirmed by Galileo's discoveries. In fact, he neither embraces the Copernican system nor the Ptolemaic one, but instead compares them, following a dialectic method where one cannot fail to notice an echo of Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the two Chief World Systems. Milton's literary work presents images of astronomy at that time, thus offering a valuable historical example of scientific communication through art.

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