Abstract:The evaluation of conservation programs is often inhibited by barriers such as time 7 constraints and a lack of funding. Through an exploration of two internationally influential 8 systematic conservation planning activities conducted in Australia in the 1990s and 2000s, I 9 demonstrate this is also true for conservation planning programs. Forestry agreements in North East New South Wales and the rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park popularised the now widely used planning software packages C-Plan an… Show more
“…While there has been considerable research into both impact evaluation best practices and barriers to conducting evaluations, there is little guidance available for practitioners in how to deal with difficulties that may arise in the field (Curzon & Kontoleon, 2016; McIntosh, 2019). Here we describe a case study of an evaluation of a behaviour change intervention project that faced multiple challenges, and reflect on what we as academics and practitioners can learn from the experience.…”
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“…While there has been considerable research into both impact evaluation best practices and barriers to conducting evaluations, there is little guidance available for practitioners in how to deal with difficulties that may arise in the field (Curzon & Kontoleon, 2016; McIntosh, 2019). Here we describe a case study of an evaluation of a behaviour change intervention project that faced multiple challenges, and reflect on what we as academics and practitioners can learn from the experience.…”
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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