Generation of Priority Research Questions to Inform Conservation Policy and Management at a National Level
Integrating knowledge from across the natural and social sciences is necessary to effectively address societal tradeoffs between human use of biological diversity and its preservation. Collaborative processes can change the ways decision makers think about scientific evidence, enhance levels of mutu...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:3108069 2023-05-15T15:00:29+02:00 Generation of Priority Research Questions to Inform Conservation Policy and Management at a National Level Rudd, Murray A Beazley, Karen F Cooke, Steven J Fleishman, Erica Lane, Daniel E Mascia, Michael B Roth, Robin Tabor, Gary Bakker, Jiselle A Bellefontaine, Teresa Berteaux, Dominique Cantin, Bernard Chaulk, Keith G Cunningham, Kathryn Dobell, Rod Fast, Eleanor Ferrara, Nadia Findlay, C Scott Hallstrom, Lars K Hammond, Thomas Hermanutz, Luise Hutchings, Jeffrey A Lindsay, Kathryn E Marta, Tim J Nguyen, Vivian M Northey, Greg Prior, Kent Ramirez-Sanchez, Saudiel Rice, Jake Sleep, Darren J H Szabo, Nora D Trottier, Geneviève Toussaint, Jean-Patrick Veilleux, Jean-Philippe 2011-06 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108069 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21175828 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01625.x en eng Blackwell Publishing Inc http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108069 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21175828 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01625.x ©2011, Society for Conservation Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ Re-use of this article is permitted in accordance with the Creative Commons Deed, Attribution 2.5, which does not permit commercial exploitation. CC-BY Contributed Papers Text 2011 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01625.x 2013-09-03T15:31:42Z Integrating knowledge from across the natural and social sciences is necessary to effectively address societal tradeoffs between human use of biological diversity and its preservation. Collaborative processes can change the ways decision makers think about scientific evidence, enhance levels of mutual trust and credibility, and advance the conservation policy discourse. Canada has responsibility for a large fraction of some major ecosystems, such as boreal forests, Arctic tundra, wetlands, and temperate and Arctic oceans. Stressors to biological diversity within these ecosystems arise from activities of the country's resource-based economy, as well as external drivers of environmental change. Effective management is complicated by incongruence between ecological and political boundaries and conflicting perspectives on social and economic goals. Many knowledge gaps about stressors and their management might be reduced through targeted, timely research. We identify 40 questions that, if addressed or answered, would advance research that has a high probability of supporting development of effective policies and management strategies for species, ecosystems, and ecological processes in Canada. A total of 396 candidate questions drawn from natural and social science disciplines were contributed by individuals with diverse organizational affiliations. These were collaboratively winnowed to 40 by our team of collaborators. The questions emphasize understanding ecosystems, the effects and mitigation of climate change, coordinating governance and management efforts across multiple jurisdictions, and examining relations between conservation policy and the social and economic well-being of Aboriginal peoples. The questions we identified provide potential links between evidence from the conservation sciences and formulation of policies for conservation and resource management. Our collaborative process of communication and engagement between scientists and decision makers for generating and prioritizing research questions ... Text Arctic Climate change Tundra PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Canada Conservation Biology 25 3 476 484 |
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Integrating knowledge from across the natural and social sciences is necessary to effectively address societal tradeoffs between human use of biological diversity and its preservation. Collaborative processes can change the ways decision makers think about scientific evidence, enhance levels of mutual trust and credibility, and advance the conservation policy discourse. Canada has responsibility for a large fraction of some major ecosystems, such as boreal forests, Arctic tundra, wetlands, and temperate and Arctic oceans. Stressors to biological diversity within these ecosystems arise from activities of the country's resource-based economy, as well as external drivers of environmental change. Effective management is complicated by incongruence between ecological and political boundaries and conflicting perspectives on social and economic goals. Many knowledge gaps about stressors and their management might be reduced through targeted, timely research. We identify 40 questions that, if addressed or answered, would advance research that has a high probability of supporting development of effective policies and management strategies for species, ecosystems, and ecological processes in Canada. A total of 396 candidate questions drawn from natural and social science disciplines were contributed by individuals with diverse organizational affiliations. These were collaboratively winnowed to 40 by our team of collaborators. The questions emphasize understanding ecosystems, the effects and mitigation of climate change, coordinating governance and management efforts across multiple jurisdictions, and examining relations between conservation policy and the social and economic well-being of Aboriginal peoples. The questions we identified provide potential links between evidence from the conservation sciences and formulation of policies for conservation and resource management. Our collaborative process of communication and engagement between scientists and decision makers for generating and prioritizing research questions ... |
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Rudd, Murray A Beazley, Karen F Cooke, Steven J Fleishman, Erica Lane, Daniel E Mascia, Michael B Roth, Robin Tabor, Gary Bakker, Jiselle A Bellefontaine, Teresa Berteaux, Dominique Cantin, Bernard Chaulk, Keith G Cunningham, Kathryn Dobell, Rod Fast, Eleanor Ferrara, Nadia Findlay, C Scott Hallstrom, Lars K Hammond, Thomas Hermanutz, Luise Hutchings, Jeffrey A Lindsay, Kathryn E Marta, Tim J Nguyen, Vivian M Northey, Greg Prior, Kent Ramirez-Sanchez, Saudiel Rice, Jake Sleep, Darren J H Szabo, Nora D Trottier, Geneviève Toussaint, Jean-Patrick Veilleux, Jean-Philippe |
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Rudd, Murray A Beazley, Karen F Cooke, Steven J Fleishman, Erica Lane, Daniel E Mascia, Michael B Roth, Robin Tabor, Gary Bakker, Jiselle A Bellefontaine, Teresa Berteaux, Dominique Cantin, Bernard Chaulk, Keith G Cunningham, Kathryn Dobell, Rod Fast, Eleanor Ferrara, Nadia Findlay, C Scott Hallstrom, Lars K Hammond, Thomas Hermanutz, Luise Hutchings, Jeffrey A Lindsay, Kathryn E Marta, Tim J Nguyen, Vivian M Northey, Greg Prior, Kent Ramirez-Sanchez, Saudiel Rice, Jake Sleep, Darren J H Szabo, Nora D Trottier, Geneviève Toussaint, Jean-Patrick Veilleux, Jean-Philippe |
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Generation of Priority Research Questions to Inform Conservation Policy and Management at a National Level |
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Generation of Priority Research Questions to Inform Conservation Policy and Management at a National Level |
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