Using perceptions as evidence to improve conservation and environmental management

NJ Bennett - Conservation biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The conservation community is increasingly focusing on the monitoring and evaluation of
management, governance, ecological, and social considerations as part of a broader move …

Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies

DM Leigh, CB van Rees, KL Millette, MF Breed… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The rapidly emerging field of macrogenetics focuses on analysing publicly accessible
genetic datasets from thousands of species to explore large-scale patterns and predictors of …

[HTML][HTML] Why facts don't change minds: Insights from cognitive science for the improved communication of conservation research

AH Toomey - Biological Conservation, 2023 - Elsevier
Conservation scientists increasingly seek to find ways to implement their research for
improved policy and practice. However, such efforts may be ineffective, or even …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the evidence for stakeholder engagement in biodiversity conservation

EJ Sterling, E Betley, A Sigouin, A Gomez… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
Engaging local stakeholders is a central feature of many biodiversity conservation and
natural resource management projects globally. Current literature on engagement …

Pest suppression by bats and management strategies to favour it: a global review

C Tuneu‐Corral, X Puig‐Montserrat… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Fighting insect pests is a major challenge for agriculture worldwide, and biological control
and integrated pest management constitute well‐recognised, cost‐effective ways to prevent …

Navigating the space between research and implementation in conservation

AH Toomey, AT Knight, J Barlow - Conservation Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent scholarship in conservation biology has pointed to the existence of a “research‐
implementation” gap and has proposed various solutions for overcoming it. Some of these …

[HTML][HTML] Is this what success looks like? Mismatches between the aims, claims, and evidence used to demonstrate impact from knowledge exchange processes at the …

DB Karcher, C Cvitanovic, RM Colvin… - … Science & Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
As anthropogenic pressures on the environment grow, science-policy interaction is
increasingly needed to support evidence-informed decision-making. However, there are …

Expanding the role of social science in conservation through an engagement with philosophy, methodology, and methods

K Moon, DA Blackman, VM Adams… - Methods in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Special Feature led by Sutherland, Dicks, Everard, and Geneletti (Methods
Ecology and Evolution, 9, 7–9, 2018) sought to highlight the importance of “qualitative …

Building a tool to overcome barriers in research-implementation spaces: The Conservation Evidence database

WJ Sutherland, NG Taylor, D MacFarlane… - Biological …, 2019 - Elsevier
Conservation practitioners, policy-makers and researchers work within shared spaces with
many shared goals. Improving the flow of information between conservation researchers …

Are we taking farmers seriously? A review of the literature on farmer perceptions and climate change, 2007–2018

B Soubry, K Sherren, TF Thornton - Journal of Rural Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
While there is broad agreement in theory that farmers' expertise should be integrated into
discussions of land management and climate change adaptation in the food system, it is …