Navigating the Space between Research and Implementation in Conservation

Conservation Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 619-625

  Toomey, Anne H ^a,b   Knight, Andrew T ^c,d,e,f   Barlow, Jos ^g,h  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f The Silwood Group   (United Kingdom)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h MUSEU PARAENSE EMÍLIO GOELDI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

alternative knowledges; evidence based conservation; Knowing doing; research implementation gap; research implementation spaces; social learning; society science divide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85000716793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12315     Document Type: Article

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