Speaking their language – development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders
Environmental changes due to non-native species introductions and translocations are a global concern. Whilst understanding the causes of bioinvasions is important, there is need for decision-support tools that facilitate effective communication of the potential risks of invasive non-native species to stakeholders. Decision-support tools have been developed mostly in English language only, which increases linguistic uncertainty associated with risk assessments undertaken by assessors not of English mother tongue and who need to communicate outcomes to local stakeholders. To reduce language-based uncertainty, the ‘ecology-of-language’ paradigm was applied when developing the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK), a decision-support tool that offers 32 languages in which to carry out screenings and communicate outcomes to stakeholders. Topics discussed include uncertainty related to language-specific issues encountered during the AS-ISK translation and the potential benefits of a multilingual decision-support tool for reducing linguistic uncertainty and enhancing communication between scientists, environmental managers, policy and decision makers.
Details
| Volume | 135 |
|---|---|
| Type | A1: Web of Science-article |
| Category | Research |
| Magazine | ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE |
| Issns | 1364-8152|1873-6726 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Language | English |
Bibtex
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title = "Speaking their language – development of a multilingual decision-support tool for communicating invasive species risks to decision makers and stakeholders",
abstract = "Environmental changes due to non-native species introductions and translocations are a global concern. Whilst understanding the causes of bioinvasions is important, there is need for decision-support tools that facilitate effective communication of the potential risks of invasive non-native species to stakeholders. Decision-support tools have been developed mostly in English language only, which increases linguistic uncertainty associated with risk assessments undertaken by assessors not of English mother tongue and who need to communicate outcomes to local stakeholders. To reduce language-based uncertainty, the ‘ecology-of-language’ paradigm was applied when developing the Aquatic Species Invasiveness Screening Kit (AS-ISK), a decision-support tool that offers 32 languages in which to carry out screenings and communicate outcomes to stakeholders. Topics discussed include uncertainty related to language-specific issues encountered during the AS-ISK translation and the potential benefits of a multilingual decision-support tool for reducing linguistic uncertainty and enhancing communication between scientists, environmental managers, policy and decision makers.",
author = "Gordon H. Copp and Lorenzo Vilizzi and Hui Wei and Shan Li and Marina Piria and Abbas J. Al-Faisal and David Almeida and Usman Atique and Zainab Al-Wazzan and Rigers Bakiu and Tea Bašić and Thuyet D. Bui and João Canning-Clode and Nuno Castro and Ratcha Chaichana and Tülin Çoker and Dimitriy Dashinov and F.Güler Ekmekçi and Tibor Erős and Árpád Ferincz and Teresa Ferreira and Daniela Giannetto and Allan S. Gilles and Łukasz Głowacki and Philippe Goulletquer and Elena Interesova and Sonia Iqbal and Katarína Jakubčinová and Kamalaporn Kanongdate and Jeong-Eun Kim and Oldřich Kopecký and Vasil Kostov and Nicholas Koutsikos and Sebastian Kozic and Petra Kristan and Yoshihisa Kurita and Hwang-Goo Lee and Rob S.E.W. Leuven and Tatsiana Lipinskaya and Juliane Lukas and Agnese Marchini and Ana Isabel González Martínez and Laurence Masson and Daniyar Memedemin and Seyed Daryoush Moghaddas and João Monteiro and Levan Mumladze and Rahmat Naddafi and Ion Năvodaru and Karin H. Olsson and Norio Onikura and Daniele Paganelli and Richard Thomas Pavia and Costas Perdikaris and Renanel Pickholtz and Dariusz Pietraszewski and Meta Povž and Cristina Preda and Milica Ristovska and Karin Rosíková and José Maria Santos and Vitaliy Semenchenko and Wansuk Senanan and Predrag Simonović and Evangelia Smeti and Barbora Števove and Kristína Švolíková and Kieu Anh T. Ta and Ali Serhan Tarkan and Nildeniz Top and Elena Tricarico and Eliza Uzunova and Leonidas Vardakas and Hugo Verreycken and Grzegorz Zięba and Roberto Mendoza",
year = "2020",
month = oct,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104900",
language = "English",
publisher = "Elsevier",
address = "Belgium",
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Authors
Gordon H. CoppLorenzo Vilizzi
Hui Wei
Shan Li
Marina Piria
Abbas J. Al-Faisal
David Almeida
Usman Atique
Zainab Al-Wazzan
Rigers Bakiu
Tea Bašić
Thuyet D. Bui
João Canning-Clode
Nuno Castro
Ratcha Chaichana
Tülin Çoker
Dimitriy Dashinov
F.Güler Ekmekçi
Tibor Erős
Árpád Ferincz
Teresa Ferreira
Daniela Giannetto
Allan S. Gilles
Łukasz Głowacki
Philippe Goulletquer
Elena Interesova
Sonia Iqbal
Katarína Jakubčinová
Kamalaporn Kanongdate
Jeong-Eun Kim
Oldřich Kopecký
Vasil Kostov
Nicholas Koutsikos
Sebastian Kozic
Petra Kristan
Yoshihisa Kurita
Hwang-Goo Lee
Rob S.E.W. Leuven
Tatsiana Lipinskaya
Juliane Lukas
Agnese Marchini
Ana Isabel González Martínez
Laurence Masson
Daniyar Memedemin
Seyed Daryoush Moghaddas
João Monteiro
Levan Mumladze
Rahmat Naddafi
Ion Năvodaru
Karin H. Olsson
Norio Onikura
Daniele Paganelli
Richard Thomas Pavia
Costas Perdikaris
Renanel Pickholtz
Dariusz Pietraszewski
Meta Povž
Cristina Preda
Milica Ristovska
Karin Rosíková
José Maria Santos
Vitaliy Semenchenko
Wansuk Senanan
Predrag Simonović
Evangelia Smeti
Barbora Števove
Kristína Švolíková
Kieu Anh T. Ta
Ali Serhan Tarkan
Nildeniz Top
Elena Tricarico
Eliza Uzunova
Leonidas Vardakas
Hugo Verreycken
Grzegorz Zięba
Roberto Mendoza