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Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management
Authors
MI Abrahams
G Adum
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M Akasaka
JA Alves
T Amano
RE Antwis
EC Arellano
J Axmacher
H Barclay
L Batty
JR Bennett
A Benítez-López
MJ Berg
S Bertolino
D Biggs
FC Bolam
T Bray
BW Brook
JW Bull
Z Burivalova
M Cabeza
M Cadotte
ALM Chauvenet
AP Christie
L Cole
CN Cook
SJ Cooke
AJ Cotton
S Cotton
SAO Cousins
D Craven
W Cresswell
JJ Cusack
SE Dalrymple
ZG Davies
A Diaz
JA Dodd
H Downey
A Felton
E Fleishman
CJ Gardner
R Garside
A Ghoddousi
DA Gill
JA Gill
JJ Gilroy
L Glew
MJ Grainger
AA Grass
S Greshon
J Gundry
NR Haddaway
T Hart
CR Hopkins
C Howe
A Johnson
JPG Jones
KW Jones
NR Jordan
T Kadoya
D Kerhoas
J Koricheva
TM Lee
S Lengyel
N Littlewood
SW Livingstone
A Lyons
G McCabe
J Millett
A Moolna
HL Mossman
N Mukherjee
A Muñoz-Sáez
N Negrões
O Norfolk
T Osawa
V Oscar
S Papworth
KJ Park
J Pellet
AD Phillott
JM Plotnik
D Priatna
AG Ramos
N Randall
RM Richards
EG Ritchie
DL Roberts
R Rocha
JP Rodríguez
R Sanderson
T Sasaki
S Savilaakso
C Sayer
C Sekercioglu
M Senzaki
G Smith
RJ Smith
M Soga
CD Soulsbury
MD Steer
G Stewart
EF Strange
CM Strevens
AJ Suggitt
WJ Sutherland
RRJ Thompson
S Thompson
I Thornhill
RJ Trevelyan
HO Usieta
JC Walsh
AD Webber
RL White
MJ Whittingham
A Wilby
RW Yarnell
V Zamora-Gutierrez
Publication date
25 January 2021
Publisher
'Wiley'
Doi
Abstract
Data availability statement: No data was used in this study.Peer review: The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1002/2688-8319.12032.Supporting Information: eso312032-sup-0001-SuppMat.docx (21.1 KB) available at: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1002%2F2688-8319.12032&file=eso312032-sup-0001-SuppMat.docx. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.Copyright © 2021 The Authors. 1. To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence-based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis. 2. If, as educators, we do not make these priorities a core part of what we teach, we are failing to prepare our students to make an effective contribution to conservation practice. 3. To help overcome this problem we have created open access online teaching materials in multiple languages that are stored in Applied Ecology Resources. So far, 117 educators from 23 countries have acknowledged the importance of this and are already teaching or about to teach skills in appraising or using evidence in conservation decision-making. This includes 145 undergraduate, postgraduate or professional development courses. 4. We call for wider teaching of the tools and skills that facilitate evidence-based conservation and also suggest that providing online teaching materials in multiple languages could be beneficial for improving global understanding of other subject areas. Making informed conservation and ecosystem management choices is based upon a sound understanding of the relevant evidence. There is an increasing wealth of conservation science available, and access to this is becoming easier. But, are conservation practitioners being trained to utilize this information? In conservation, decision-making is often based upon past experience or expert knowledge, as opposed to the full body of scientific literature (e.g., Pullin, Knight, Stone, & Charman, 2004; Rafidimanantsoa, Poudyal, Ramamonjisoa, & Jones, 2018). The failure to include scientific evidence in decision-making has the potential to reduce the effectiveness of management, or even lead to detrimental actions being undertaken (Walsh, Dicks, & Sutherland, 2015). Evidence-based conservation (EBC) seeks to avoid this by providing tools to facilitate and inform decision-making. To do this, scientific evidence is collated and critically appraised for its quality and relevance, and integrated with other knowledge, experience, values and costs (Sutherland, Pullin, Dolman, & Knight, 2004). Wider adoption of EBC requires conservation professionals to be trained in its principles and taught how to use it to inform conservation decision-making.MAVA Foundation; Arcadia Fund
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