Tag: knowledge sharing

Coastal and marine, Policy, Practitioners, Research summaries

Implementing expert knowledge of seabird ecology in the Canadian Arctic with fuzzy cognitive mapping

Author Jennifer Provencher shares her team’s latest study that trials a novel tool that helps factor the multiple stressors to seabirds in the Canadian Arctic identified by experts into a graphical ‘cognitive map’. Wildlife populations are commonly subject to multiple, interacting stressors (e.g. pollution, climate change), which makes predicting the outcomes of management actions and identifying priorities a challenge. In data-poor locations like the Arctic, … Continue reading Implementing expert knowledge of seabird ecology in the Canadian Arctic with fuzzy cognitive mapping

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Agriculture, Grasslands, Monitoring and methods, Plant and soil ecology, Practitioners, Research summaries, Restoration

Evaluating the success of upland hay meadow restoration using green hay transfer

Ruth Starr-Keddle describes her latest research with the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership to further the knowledge base on upland hay meadows and investigate the success of seed addition of key indicator species for restoring the landscape. Over the last 50 years there have been substantial declines in botanical diversity of traditionally managed species-rich upland hay meadows (conforming to the UK National … Continue reading Evaluating the success of upland hay meadow restoration using green hay transfer

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Perspectives, Practitioners, Research summaries, Restoration

Knowledge sharing for shared success in the decade on ecosystem restoration

As part of our cross-society Special Feature on the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Pia Bradler and author Emma Ladouceur discuss the latest Perspective article calling for greater knowledge-sharing to inform successful restoration practice. In our latest article in Ecological Solutions and Evidence, we call for greater restoration knowledge sharing as part of the UN-declared Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Shared knowledge includes results from case … Continue reading Knowledge sharing for shared success in the decade on ecosystem restoration

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Freshwater, Monitoring and methods, Research summaries

Using Indigenous and Western Science as a pathway for freshwater research across Canada

Steven Alexander and colleagues discuss their team’s latest research examining the extent to which Indigenous science and knowledge contribute to freshwater research and monitoring across Canada. There are many benefits to drawing upon diverse knowledge systems in environmental research. Such practices – referred to by various terms including bridging, weaving, or braiding – have been shown to improve our collective understanding of environmental change, expand … Continue reading Using Indigenous and Western Science as a pathway for freshwater research across Canada

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Perspectives, Practitioners, Research summaries

How can we address mismatches in conservation research and practice?

Natalie Dubois and Rebecca Jarvis reflect on the findings of a new collaborative article examining where the conservation community has made progress aligning research and practice. For too long, conservation research was viewed as a one-directional path from researchers to practitioners. The field has since moved towards a better understanding of the interdependent nature of knowledge generation and use, but mismatches in the spaces between … Continue reading How can we address mismatches in conservation research and practice?

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