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Successfully translating conservation research into practice and policy: concluding thoughts

Pettorelli, Nathalie and Brotherton, Peter N.M. and Davies, Zoe G. and Ockenden, Nancy and Sutherland, William J. and Vickery, Juliet A. (2020) Successfully translating conservation research into practice and policy: concluding thoughts. In: Sutherland, William J. and Brotherton, Peter N.M. and Davies, Zoe G. and Ockenden, Nancy and Pettorelli, Nathalie and Vickery, Juliet A., eds. Conservation Research, Policy and Practice. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-63821-0. (doi:10.1017/9781108638210.020) (KAR id:81078)

Abstract

In the Anthropocene, when our environment is changing rapidly and the windows of opportunity for action to prevent further biodiversity loss are narrow, conservation researchers are increasingly encouraged to think and operate beyond the traditional approaches of producing peer-reviewed papers and presenting results to other members of the research community. Indeed, the perception that researchers belong in their ivory tower, from which they deliver evidence for others to interpret, disseminate and use in decision-making, is thankfully now widely recognised as outdated. The rise of fake news, a deliberate lack of consideration for scientific evidence, and changes to the ways of assessing the value of researchers’ work probably all play a role in supporting this shift in perception. Moreover, for many researchers, the prospect of their work ‘making a difference’ and having an impact on wider society is at least as great a motivation for doing research as generating new knowledge, however interesting that may be.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1017/9781108638210.020
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH75 Conservation (Biology)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology)
Depositing User: Zoe Davies
Date Deposited: 30 Apr 2020 17:29 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2023 14:21 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/81078 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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