Coral reef ecosystems have suffered an unprecedented loss of habitat-forming hard corals
in recent decades. While marine conservation has historically focused on passive habitat …

Background The gap between research and practice or policy is often described as a
problem. To identify new barriers of and facilitators to the use of evidence by policymakers …

Understanding and enhancing societal support for national parks is critical for their survival
globally, especially in the uncertain and rapidly changing economic and political …

Marine migratory species are difficult to manage because animal movements can span large
areas and are unconstrained by jurisdictional boundaries. We reviewed policy and …

Threatened species lists are valuable tools used to inform conservation decisions when
developed appropriately. However, inherent problems associated with current listing and …

Management objectives for long-lived species are difficult to define because many taxa have
delayed maturity and variable recruitment. White Sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus is an …

Managing impacts to threatened species is challenging, because it is intrinsically linked to
resources, knowledge, capacity and public and government will. A key tool often used in …

Abstract National Research Assessment Exercises (NRAEs) aim to improve returns from
public funding of research. Critics argue that they undervalue publications influencing …

The implementation of fauna-sensitive road design has the potential to mitigate negative
impacts on wildlife caused by roads. However, our previous international review found …

Marine migratory species require collaborative decision‐making because individuals move
across jurisdictional boundaries within and between countries. However, governance of …