COMPLEJIDAD: UNA REFLEXIÓN DESDE LA CIENCIA DE LA CONSERVACIÓN

Resumen

Ecology faces novel challenges in the environmental decision-making context. From inside the natural sciences\nthemselves, the �science of complexity� opens new epistemological perspectives towards social-natural systems; in this\npaper we reflect upon different ways of understanding complexity. Some examples illustrate the following idea: if complexity\nis understood as a consequence of the intrinsic relationship between science and values, it might be possible to look for\ncommon ground between some form of �reflexive science� and local problems.