Highlights•Indigenous and local knowledge systems carry insights for stewardship in the
Anthropocene.•Bridging knowledge systems requires attention to actors, institutions, and …

The most critical question for climate research is no longer about the problem, but about how
to facilitate the transformative changes necessary to avoid catastrophic climate-induced …

Many have advocated for collaborative governance and the participation of citizens and
stakeholders on the basis that it can improve the environmental outcomes of public decision …

Trust is a critical precondition underpinning successful knowledge exchange among
environmental scientists and decision-makers, and thus, evidence-informed decision …

Resource managers often need scientific information to match their decisions (typically short‐
term and local) to complex, long‐term, large‐scale challenges such as adaptation to climate …

Over the past three decades, scholars have increasingly come to view knowledge as one of
the most important resources necessary for successful organization in the contemporary …

The science-based management of natural resources requires knowledge exchange
between scientists and environmental decision-makers, however, this exchange remains a …

Monitoring and evaluation are central to ensuring that innovative, multi-scale, and
interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability are effective. The development of relevant …

Effective conservation requires knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers
to enable learning and support evidence-based decision-making. Efforts to improve …

This paper outlines five principles for effective practice of knowledge exchange, which when
applied, have the potential to significantly enhance the impact of environmental …