Ecological Solutions and Evidence (Oct 2024)
A vision for the future conservation evidence landscape
- M. J. O'Connell,
- R. L. White,
- K. A. Haysom,
- M. Seo,
- P. Dooner,
- C. Macadam,
- A. Plowman,
- C. R. Bulman,
- S. Hayns,
- M. Nason,
- L. Groves,
- H. G. Orr,
- K. Meakin,
- J. Dagley,
- A. Stringer,
- A. Smart,
- J. Hynes,
- D. Stone,
- R. S. Hails,
- J. Webb,
- N. Hutchinson,
- S. Higgins,
- J. D. Wilson,
- F. Burns,
- S. L. Robinson,
- N. Doar,
- R. K. Smith,
- W. J. Sutherland,
- L. Rogers,
- H. A. Jackson
Affiliations
- M. J. O'Connell
- University of Gloucestershire Cheltenham UK
- R. L. White
- University of Brighton Brighton UK
- K. A. Haysom
- Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Bournemouth UK
- M. Seo
- British Ecological Society London UK
- P. Dooner
- British Ecological Society London UK
- C. Macadam
- Buglife Peterborough UK
- A. Plowman
- Bumblebee Conservation Trust Stirling UK
- C. R. Bulman
- Butterfly Conservation Wareham UK
- S. Hayns
- Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management Winchester UK
- M. Nason
- Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management Winchester UK
- L. Groves
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust St Helier Jersey
- H. G. Orr
- Environment Agency Bristol UK
- K. Meakin
- Evidence Nature Dursley UK
- J. Dagley
- Essex Wildlife Trust Colchester UK
- A. Stringer
- Forestry England Bristol UK
- A. Smart
- Froglife Peterborough UK
- J. Hynes
- Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Gloucester UK
- D. Stone
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee Peterborough UK
- R. S. Hails
- National Trust Swindon UK
- J. Webb
- Natural England York UK
- N. Hutchinson
- Plantlife Salisbury UK
- S. Higgins
- Rewilding Britain Steyning UK
- J. D. Wilson
- RSPB Edinburgh UK
- F. Burns
- RSPB Edinburgh UK
- S. L. Robinson
- Scottish Wildlife Trust Edinburgh UK
- N. Doar
- The Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts Newark on Trent UK
- R. K. Smith
- University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- W. J. Sutherland
- University of Cambridge Cambridge UK
- L. Rogers
- Vincent Wildlife Trust Ledbury UK
- H. A. Jackson
- Woodland Trust Grantham UK
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12397
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 5,
no. 4
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Abstract Evidence‐based conservation has made some major steps forward in the last two decades. However, the ‘landscape’ in which evidence is generated, funded and disseminated still has some elements that will need to be further developed if the UK's conservation sector is to achieve its collective nature recovery goals. This paper articulates a shared vision of the conservation evidence landscape in 2035. It was developed by representatives of 27 organisations involved in conservation and nature recovery across the UK. Solution: the authors identified a range of issues that will need to be addressed to allow the evidence base to support and guide nature recovery efforts. These will require action in four key areas: (1) evidence creation, (2) access to evidence, (3) evidence culture, and (4) enabling evidence‐based conservation.
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