The effect of scientific evidence on conservation practitioners' management decisions.

ABSTRACT: A major justification of environmental management research is that it helps practitioners, yet previous studies show it is rarely used to inform their decisions. We tested whether conservation practitioners focusing on bird management were willing to use a synopsis of relevant scientific literature to inform their management decisions. This allowed us to examine whether the limited use of scientific information in management is due to a lack of access to the scientific literature or whether it is because practitioners are either not interested or unable to incorporate the research into their decisions. In on-line surveys, we asked 92 conservation managers, predominantly from Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, to provide opinions on 28 management techniques that could be applie

SUBMITTER: Walsh JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4515094 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature