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Amazon research and conservation cannot ignore social issues Jeremy Hance, mongabay.com February 25, 2008
Dr. Alves' uses one of the Amazon's biggest research projects as an example, the LBA or Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment. LBA brought together several sciences to create a comprehensive picture of the Amazon—including biogeochemistry, atmospheric chemistry, carbon studies, land use and cover studies, hydrology and water chemistry, and physical climate studies—but the experiment initially lacked any formal way to connect the findings to society. After research began, the Scientific Steering Committee noticed the need for social scientists to be involved and created a place for them. However, the LBA was not able to make full use of the social studies as the paper points out: the LBA's "proposal does not elaborate, for example, on the political aspects of the Climate Convention and its negotiations, or on the discussion of the very notion of development or sustainability." These gaps hurt the effectiveness of LBA, according to Alves.
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