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Conservation in Practice: Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation

Conservation in Practice: Overcoming Obstacles to Implementation Research in conservation biology should be aimed at the development of a sound scientific basis for the preservation, management, and restoration of biotic diversity. Tests of both specific and general hypotheses are necessary to inform conservation planning. Because conservation biology is partly a crisis discipline, some research projects focus on the viability of a particular population, species, or ecosystem. Others address the long‐term conservation goal of the ecologically sustainable coexistence of human beings with other species by investigating pertinent broad ecological patterns or processes. Regardless of their research emphasis, conservation biologists inevitably grapple with the challenge of integrating their science into public policy. Communication between academics and practitioners undeniably is key to incorporating knowledge gained from research into conservation planning and land management ( Meffe 1998 ). Does the academic’s research orientation itself also bear upon his or her ability to transform conservation science into policy? In the wake of recent calls for cohesion between “basic” and “applied” science ( Orians 1997 ) and between academics and practitioners ( Meffe 1998 ), our research group at the Center for Conservation Biology asked whether the motivation for initiating various conservation projects affected the projects’ likelihood of success. Our group http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Conservation Biology Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
1999 Society for Conservation Biology
ISSN
0888-8892
eISSN
1523-1739
DOI
10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.013002450.x
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Research in conservation biology should be aimed at the development of a sound scientific basis for the preservation, management, and restoration of biotic diversity. Tests of both specific and general hypotheses are necessary to inform conservation planning. Because conservation biology is partly a crisis discipline, some research projects focus on the viability of a particular population, species, or ecosystem. Others address the long‐term conservation goal of the ecologically sustainable coexistence of human beings with other species by investigating pertinent broad ecological patterns or processes. Regardless of their research emphasis, conservation biologists inevitably grapple with the challenge of integrating their science into public policy. Communication between academics and practitioners undeniably is key to incorporating knowledge gained from research into conservation planning and land management ( Meffe 1998 ). Does the academic’s research orientation itself also bear upon his or her ability to transform conservation science into policy? In the wake of recent calls for cohesion between “basic” and “applied” science ( Orians 1997 ) and between academics and practitioners ( Meffe 1998 ), our research group at the Center for Conservation Biology asked whether the motivation for initiating various conservation projects affected the projects’ likelihood of success. Our group

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Conservation Biology – Wiley

Published: Apr 1, 1999

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