Knowing But Not Doing: Selecting Priority Conservation Areas and the Research–Implementation Gap

Knight, Andrew T.; Cowling, Richard M.; Rouget, Mathieu; Balmford, Andrew; Lombard, Amanda T.; Campbell, Bruce M.

doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00914.x

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“…Biodiversity conservation, like disciplines as varied as education, healthcare and political science (Belli, 2010), is hindered by a researcher-practitioner divide often manifested as a failure to translate research outcomes into effective action (Knight et al, 2008). It arises partly because scholars, rather than practitioners, drive the research agenda.…”

Section: H a R L I E J G A R D N E Rmentioning

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Social learning and the researcher–practitioner divide

Gardner¹

2012

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Section: H a R L I E J G A R D N E Rmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social learning and the researcher–practitioner divide

Gardner¹

2012

Oryx

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“…The recent development of systematic reviews and synopses (e.g. Dicks et al 2013, Sutherland et al 2004, Williams et al 2013 help bridge the gap between academics and practitioners by providing critically reviewed, reliable and easily accessible information for evidence-based conservation practice, management and policy (Habel et al 2013, Knight et al 2008. In addition to ensuring the availability of scientific knowledge to practitioners by facilitating information flow from the scientific community to the practitioners, there is also a need for a reverse information flow from the practitioners towards the academics to increase the relevance of research.…”

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Bridging the research-practice gap: Conservation research priorities in a Central and Eastern European country

Mihók

Kovács

Balázs

et al. 2015

Journal for Nature Conservation

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Halting biodiversity loss is a critical aim for the forthcoming decades, but is hindered by the gap between research and practice. Bridging this gap is a significant challenge in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, where, compared to Western European countries, biodiversity is higher but the research budget is lower. Approaches to address bridging this gap include participatory research prioritizing exercises. These demand-driven collaborative ranking processes have proven to be a useful tool in providing a research agenda derived from a review of critical challenges based on stakeholder engagement. However, for research agendas to be effectively realized, they are best developed and implemented at the operative level of research financing and implementation. This paper shows the process and the outcome of an exercise conducted in Hungary aiming to compile the most important conservation research questions at the country-level and outlines a set of further measures and tools required for dissemination and advocacy for the research agenda. During the process 792 research questions were collated from conservation practitioners and natural resource managers based on interviews and via an online questionnaire; the final 50 most important questions were identified by practitioners and policy makers during an expert workshop. Questions are embedded in global and EU biodiversity targets and imply a pragmatic approach with the aim of identifying research that supports policy-and decision-making regarding habitat management, landuse and regional development, while also focussing on conflicting issues. The outcome of the process includes the potential for lobbying, therefore post-publication activities and dissemination strategies are outlined as an integrated part of the exercise.

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“…This is not and will usually not be the case [66]. In fact, much of what is published in the scientific literature is not read by managers for a variety of reasons [67].…”

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“…Much of this work has been largely academic in nature with unfortunately limited influence on those making decisions about, and implementing, conservation-a situation all too familiar in other conservation settings [66,67]. The common lack of engagement between science and effective on-the-ground action is apparent [68].…”

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Mapping and navigating mammalian conservation: from analysis to action

Redford

Ray

Boitani

2011

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Although mammals are often seen as important objects of human interest and affection, many are threatened with extinction. A range of efforts have been proposed and much work has been done to try to conserve mammals, but there is little overall understanding of what has worked and why. As a result, there is no global-scale, coordinated approach to conserving all mammals. Rather, conservation efforts are usually focused at jurisdictional levels where relevant legislation and policies are in force. To help build the framework for a global-scale approach, in this paper we review the many ways that have been proposed for conserving mammals. First, we examine the overall pattern of threat faced by mammals at the global level. Secondly, we look at the major structuring issues in prioritizing and planning mammal conservation, examining in particular the roles of values and scale and a set of approaches to conservation, each of which varies along a continuum. Finally, we lay out the steps necessary to move from planning to implementing mammalian conservation.

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Knowing But Not Doing: Selecting Priority Conservation Areas and the Research–Implementation Gap

Cited by 725 publications

References 65 publications

Social learning and the researcher–practitioner divide

Social learning and the researcher–practitioner divide

Bridging the research-practice gap: Conservation research priorities in a Central and Eastern European country

Mapping and navigating mammalian conservation: from analysis to action

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