"Communication is key to informed public participation"

Source: Jia Hepeng, SciDev.Net, May 2, 2008.

Lead: "The simple communication of key scientific information to the public needs to be improved if sustainable development is to be a realistic goal." This is the report of a symposium, 'Science Communication and Scientific Policy Making', that was held in Beijing last month, organised by SciDev.Net and its local partners with funding from the British Embassy in Beijing.