Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Book chapters |
| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-030-81085-6_1 |
| Title (Primary) | The knowledge-implementation gap in conservation science |
| Title (Secondary) | Closing the knowledge-implementation gap in conservation science: Interdisciplinary evidence transfer across sectors and spatiotemporal scales |
| Author | Nguyen, V.M.; Ferreira, C.C.; Klütsch, C.F.C. |
| Publisher | Ferreira, C.C.; Klütsch, C.F.C. |
| Source Titel | Wildlife Research Monographs |
| Year | 2021 |
| Department | NSF |
| Volume | 4 |
| Page From | 3 |
| Page To | 21 |
| Language | englisch |
| Topic | T5 Future Landscapes |
| Keywords | Knowledge production; Knowledge exchange; Knowledge mobilization |
| UFZ inventory | Halle, Bibliothek, 00541114, 22-0014 |
| Abstract | Narrowing the knowledge-implementation gap is an essential step for conservation to achieve impact in an effective and timely manner. To do so requires an understanding of this “gap” and the processes, challenges, and enablers that are associated with it. For conservation science, these reflections and scholarship have only gained traction in the past ten years compared to the medical and social sciences where research in this field dates back to the 1970s. Narrowing the gap can occur at all stages from production, the mediation and the transfer of knowledge, and its output or action. These stages describe the knowledge-action framework, which encapsulates the narrative of this book. This chapter synthesizes terminologies used in the context of the knowledge-implementation gap, barriers and challenges that exacerbate it, and processes and conditions that enable bridging of the gap with reflections inspired from other disciplines. We acknowledge that a geographical bias exists toward the Western world and democracies in evaluating the knowledge-implementation gap in conservation science. This is an issue as some of the most endangered biomes/ecosystems are found in the developing world and cultures. As such, we identify the need to highlight the status of the gap including bright spots in developing regions of the globe where very different factors will affect knowledge implementation. We hope this book will provide a foundation for scholarship and reflections on the knowledge-implementation gap in nature conservation. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=25687 |
| Nguyen, V.M., Ferreira, C.C., Klütsch, C.F.C. (2021): The knowledge-implementation gap in conservation science In: Ferreira, C.C., Klütsch, C.F.C. (eds.) Closing the knowledge-implementation gap in conservation science: Interdisciplinary evidence transfer across sectors and spatiotemporal scales Wildlife Research Monographs 4 Springer, Cham, p. 3 - 21 10.1007/978-3-030-81085-6_1 |
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