The need for evidence-based conservation

Sutherland, William J.; Pullin, Andrew S.; Dolman, Paul M.; Knight, Thomas Andrew

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2004.03.018

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“…In a survey of the application of science in landscape and wildlife management, only~11% of management decisions drew on scientific reviews, and 2.4% on primary literature (Sutherland et al 2004). The reasons given were that applying science is too time-consuming (65%) and too hard to understand (25%).…”

Section: Contributions Of Landscape and Dispersal Genetics To Economimentioning

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Towards modelling persistence of woodland birds: the role of genetics

Sunnucks

2011

Emu - Austral Ornithology

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Abstract. Assessing how environmental change affects the probability of persistence of organisms requires an understanding of dispersal through, and occupation of, landscapes, and the associated demographic outcomes. Projections of differences in persistence probability can then be made under different scenarios of land-use and global environmental change. Rates and distances of dispersal, and demographic change and trajectories, are difficult to measure accurately, but genetic approaches can make major contributions. For two decades the field of molecular ecology has been providing useful life-history information relevant to population management, including key ecological attributes such as disease-resistance and thermal biology, mobility, dispersal and gene flow, habitat connectivity, the spatial and temporal scales of population processes, and demography. Genetic estimators of these factors could be employed to a much greater extent than they are currently. To facilitate this increased use, genetic estimates of functional connectivity (mobility and gene flow of organisms) and demography need to be integrated directly into decision-making processes. Population genetics is well suited to Bayesian approaches, with associated benefits including the ability to consider many factors, and estimation of error and parameter sensitivities. Genetic estimators based on the mobility and reproductive success of individual organisms and their key ecological traits can make unique contributions alongside other types of data into agent-based, spatially explicit modelling approaches of real landscape scenarios at the range of scales needed by managers. Virtually all the tools to do this exist. It is imperative that genetic samples be collected for contemporary and future analyses.

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Towards modelling persistence of woodland birds: the role of genetics

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2011

Emu - Austral Ornithology

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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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“…An 'evidence-based approach' and 'participatory action research' (which is rather similar) have been proposed as useful for its development, the former inspired by its success in medicine (A.C. Hamilton & Hamilton, 2006;Song & Vernooy, 2010;Sutherland, Pullin, Dolman & Knight, 2004). There have already been some attempts at an evidence-based approach, for example a programme of WWF to identify best practice in integrated conservation and development projects (ICDPs) (McShane, 1999) and another of Plantlife International to identify how communities can best conserve their medicinal plants (A.C. Hamilton, 2008;Pei et al, 2010).…”

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Why and How to Make Plant Conservation Ecosystem-Based

Hamilton¹,

Pei²,

Huai³

et al. 2012

SAR

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Compared to other groups of organisms, plants require distinctive approaches in their conservation because of their keystone roles in ecosystems and economies. The state of the whole plant cover of the Earth should be of concern to conservationists -for its capacity to ensure the survival of plant species, deliver ecosystem services (locally to globally) and provide produce from plants in ecologically sustainable ways. The primary targets of attention in ecosystem-based plant conservation are the relationships between people and plants, as relevant to every locality, rather than the species-centric approach of conventional plant conservation. Moving plant conservation to an ecosystem-based approach will require the development of training programmes for field practitioners and of information systems for their use.Keywords: Plant conservation, Ecosystem-based, Evidence-based conservation What is Ecosystem-based Plant Conservation?We believe that the ecosystem-based approach is appropriate for plants and that plant conservation should be a consideration in all places where the land has, or potentially could have, a covering of plants. It is an approach requiring urgent development, given that many species of plants are under threat, large areas of vegetation are

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The need for evidence-based conservation

Cited by 1,534 publications

References 9 publications

Towards modelling persistence of woodland birds: the role of genetics

Towards modelling persistence of woodland birds: the role of genetics

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

Why and How to Make Plant Conservation Ecosystem-Based

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