A draft code of practice for research and monitoring in protected areas

Hockings, Marc; Adams, W. R.; Brooks, Thomas M.; Dudley, Nigel; Jonas, Holly; Lotter, W.D.; Mathur, Vinod B.; Väisänen, Rauno; Woodley, Stephen

doi:10.2305/iucn.ch.2013.parks-19-2.mh.en

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“…Monitoring underpins ecosystem management, allowing evaluation of management effectiveness and ongoing improvement of management plans. Monitoring is also critical for tracking the mitigation of threatening processes and for reporting important trends to managers, local communities, visitors, and other stakeholders (Hockings et al 2013). Embedded scientists can drive the design and maintenance of long-term monitoring that is aligned with management priorities (Carruthers 2017).…”

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The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies

Roux

Cook

Carruthers

et al. 2019

Conservation Biology

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Although protected areas represent a pivotal response to escalating anthropogenic threats, they face many pressures, inside and outside their boundaries. Amid these challenges, effective conservation is guided by evidence‐based decision making supported by dynamic processes of learning and knowledge exchange. Although different models promote knowledge exchange, embedding research scientists within conservation agencies is best suited to supporting evidence‐based conservation. Based on available literature and our experiences on several continents, we considered the benefits, challenges, and opportunities associated with embedding research scientists within conservation agencies and the research required to better understand the effectiveness of the embedding model for evidence‐based conservation. Embedded researchers provide long‐term commitment to building social capital among academic and nonacademic stakeholders; act as skilled gatekeepers who increase 2‐way flow of knowledge between scientists and managers; attract, coordinate, and support management‐relevant external research projects; drive the design and maintenance of long‐term monitoring; and align their research with information needs. Notwithstanding the many benefits, research capacity of conservation agencies is declining worldwide. A significant challenge is that the values, structures, functions, and effectiveness of the embedding model of knowledge exchange remain poorly evaluated and documented. Also, embedded researchers have to balance their desire for creativity and flexibility with the standardization and quality control required by their public sector agencies; may be perceived as not credible because they are not truly independent of their agency; and have to couple scientific productivity with skills for transdisciplinary research, social facilitation, and stakeholder engagement. Systematic research on embedding and other models of knowledge exchange, across different world contexts, is required to better understand the benefits, costs, and institutional arrangements associated with different models.

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The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies

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Cook

Carruthers

et al. 2019

Conservation Biology

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“…Research suggests that closer integration between monitoring and the rest of management activities facilitates management effectiveness [33]. Currently, both sides of the Channel are using many similar and potentially compatible techniques to monitor conservation features, such as towed video, multibeam sonar, core sampling etc.…”

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“…Clear, shared and regularly implemented monitoring protocols including the features requiring monitoring, their conservation objectives, frequency of monitoring, responsibility for monitoring, standardised monitoring techniques, data sharing and adequate reporting and disclosure of monitoring results could help to ensure that all conservation features in the Channel are properly monitored and assessed in the most efficient way ( [54]; [33]). To facilitate consistency, the European Commission has issued technical criteria and methodological standards to monitor Good Environmental Status of marine waters [21].…”

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Status of the marine protected area network across the English channel (La Manche): Cross-country similarities and differences in MPA designation, management and monitoring

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“…However we also encourage established and more senior researchers and academics to submit relevant, applied articles in the journal -not because of the academic standing of the journal but as a way to communicate more directly with conservation practitioners. We are working to develop a clear ethical framework for researchers operating in protected areas (see Hockings et al, 2013).…”

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Publishing for the protected area community: A vision for PARKS from its Editorial Board

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Brooks²,

Choudhury³

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PARKS

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In this editorial essay, members of the Editorial Board of PARKS review the status of conservation literature. Three problems are identified: 1) the growing gap between the formal conservation literature and the so-called 'grey literature' of project reports, studies and working papers; 2) the effectiveness of the majority of conservation literature in promoting good conservation; and 3) the lack of open access to much of the conservation literature currently available. The article sets out the vision of this journal: PARKS, the International Journal of Protected Areas and Conservation, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) expert World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA). PARKS aims to encourage new writers, including younger researchers, conservation professionals who do not generally write for peer-reviewed publications and people from developing countries, including indigenous and local people, to share their best practices in protected area management. PARKS is published twice a year as an online, open-access and peer reviewed journal and welcomes submissions of papers from all protected area professionals worldwide.

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A draft code of practice for research and monitoring in protected areas

Cited by 7 publications

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The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies

The case for embedding researchers in conservation agencies

Status of the marine protected area network across the English channel (La Manche): Cross-country similarities and differences in MPA designation, management and monitoring

Publishing for the protected area community: A vision for PARKS from its Editorial Board

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