Knowledge brokering and boundary work for ecosystem service indicators. An urban case study in Finland

Aquatic telemetry technology generates new knowledge about the underwater world that can inform decision‐making processes and thus can improve conservation and natural resource management. Still, there is lack of evidence on how telemetry‐derived knowledge can or has informed management, and what factors facilitate or deter its use. We present one of the first quantitative studies related to the science‐action gap and evaluate factors that influence the uptake of fish telemetry findings into policies and practices, as well as social acceptance of these findings. We globally surveyed 212 fish telemetry researchers regarding the knowledge uptake of an applied fish telemetry research project of their choice. Respondents’ personal and professional attributes, as well as the attributes of their chosen projects, were analyzed using machine learning algorithms to identify important factors that influenced the uptake (i.e., use, trust, and/or acceptance) of their findings. Researchers with extensive collaborations and who spent more time engaging in public outreach experienced greater uptake of their findings. Respondents with greater telemetry experience and commitment (e.g., more telemetry publications, higher proportion of research on fish telemetry) tended to achieve more social acceptance of their findings. Projects led by researchers who were highly involved and familiar with the fisheries management processes, and those where greater effort was devoted to research dissemination, also tended to experience greater uptake. Last, the levels of complexity and controversy of the issue addressed by the research project had a positive influence on the uptake of findings. The empirical results of this study support recent messages in the science practitioner literature for greater collaboration, knowledge co‐production with partners, and public engagement to enable the transfer of knowledge and the use of evidence in decision‐making and policies. Scientific organizations should consider shifting reward incentives to promote engagement and collaboration with non‐scientific actors, and perhaps even rethinking hiring practices to consider personal and professional characteristics or attitudes such as altruism and networking skills given the influence of these factors in our model. Last, networks composed of both research and practice potentially have a key role in brokering and facilitating knowledge exchange and actions.

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“…,b), case‐study based (Thakadu et al. , Saarela and Rinne ), context specific (Bayliss et al. , Young et al.…”

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Collaboration and engagement produce more actionable science: quantitatively analyzing uptake of fish tracking studies

Nguyen

Young

Brownscombe

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Ecological Applications

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“…94 produced using the ecosystem services concept, rather than the concept itself, may act as 95 boundary objects. These artefacts are still open to multiple interpretations but are not 96 neutral objects, as they are tied to the social and institutional context, with their embedded 97 power relations, in which they are made (Saarela and Rinne, 2016). This can limit their 98 capacity to operate as boundary objects, as they are only able to connect actors with pre-99 existing shared cultural values and preferences (Turnhout, 2009).…”

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“…The creation of infrastructure will reflect and embody the norms of the context in which it is 535 developed (Saarela and Rinne, 2016;Turnhout, 2009). This can be a necessary trade-off to 536 improve usability and uptake of the concept directly in decision and policymaking.…”

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Navigating pluralism: Understanding perceptions of the ecosystem services concept

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“…This adaptation process was carried out thanks to the successful interface established between researchers and local administration within the city-lab, and to the active involvement of local experts. The importance of active knowledge brokering in the context of ecosystem service indicators to support decision-making has already been highlighted in other applications [87]. In Trento, nature-based recreation falls within the competence of different departments of the municipal and provincial administration, whose representatives were invited to contribute to the assessment as local experts.…”

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Assessing Nature-Based Recreation to Support Urban Green Infrastructure Planning in Trento (Italy)

Cortinovis

Zulian

Geneletti

2018

Land

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Nature-based recreation is among the most relevant ecosystem services supplied by urban green infrastructure, affecting citizens’ physical and mental wellbeing. Providing adequate green spaces for nature-based recreation is among the main goals of urban planning, but commonly-used indicators offer a partial view on the issue. Innovative methods and approaches, such as the ESTIMAP-recreation model, appear as promising ways to increase the quality of information available for decision-makers by considering both the range of green spaces that provide the service and the locally-specific demand. The article presents an application of the ESTIMAP-recreation model to the city of Trento (Italy), aimed at testing its adaptation to the local context and the potential improvements brought to urban planning. The comparison of the results with traditional indicators based on the availability and accessibility to urban parks shows significant differences in terms of priority of intervention across the city, with implications on planning decisions. The application demonstrates that innovative methods can enhance the understanding of nature-based recreation in cities beyond the focus on urban parks, revealing a wide portfolio of actions that planners can put in place to promote nature-based recreation through a multifunctional green infrastructure.

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Knowledge brokering and boundary work for ecosystem service indicators. An urban case study in Finland

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Collaboration and engagement produce more actionable science: quantitatively analyzing uptake of fish tracking studies

Collaboration and engagement produce more actionable science: quantitatively analyzing uptake of fish tracking studies

Navigating pluralism: Understanding perceptions of the ecosystem services concept

Assessing Nature-Based Recreation to Support Urban Green Infrastructure Planning in Trento (Italy)

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