Conferences and events, The Applied Ecologist community

Breaking Boundaries: Why Knowledge Exchange is the Missing Link for Impact in the Ecology Sector

By Valentine Seymour, Sarah Golding, Melissa Marselle. Meet Melissa, Sarah and Valentine Melissa Marselle is a Lecturer in Environmental Psychology at the University of Surrey, with expertise in the application of psychological theory and methods to biodiversity conservation questions. Sarah Golding is a Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the University of Surrey. She is a health psychologist by training and her passions lie in applied health … Continue reading Breaking Boundaries: Why Knowledge Exchange is the Missing Link for Impact in the Ecology Sector

valentineseymourJune 25, 2025July 23, 2025Leave a comment

Citizen science, Human-wildlife interactions, Monitoring and methods, Research summaries

Combining local ecological knowledge with camera traps: African mammal life-history traits and their occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes

Alice Bernard and co-authors describe how they have jointly used local ecological knowledge and camera trap data. With hindsight, they discuss how involving local people in research projects can enhance conservation efforts in the Garden Route Biosphere Reserve (GRBR), South Africa. The Garden Route National Park (GRNP), in the eponym Biosphere Reserve, is one of the only truly unfenced National Parks in South Africa. The … Continue reading Combining local ecological knowledge with camera traps: African mammal life-history traits and their occurrence in anthropogenic landscapes

Journal of Applied EcologySeptember 26, 2024Leave a comment

Forests, Policy, Practitioners, Research summaries

Effective knowledge exchange in forestry: What is it and what’s effective?

Co-authors Jenna Hutchen and MJ Robertson discuss how their latest research in interdisciplinary forest science led to a typology of Knowledge Exchange practices. Managing forests is not as simple as growing or cutting down trees. Global forest management is the complex interplay of government policies and directives, cultural and spiritual values, stakeholder perspectives, and efforts from both industry and conservationists to maintain ecological functions of … Continue reading Effective knowledge exchange in forestry: What is it and what’s effective?