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Rose DC. The case for policy-relevant conservation science. Conserv Biol. 2014;29(3):748-54doi: 10.1111/cobi.12444.
Rose, D. C. (2015). The case for policy-relevant conservation science. Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 29(3), 748-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12444
Rose, David C. "The case for policy-relevant conservation science." Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology vol. 29,3 (2015): 748-54. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/cobi.12444
Rose DC. The case for policy-relevant conservation science. Conserv Biol. 2015 Jun;29(3):748-54. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12444. Epub 2014 Dec 24. PMID: 25545991; PMCID: PMC4510816.
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Conserv Biol. 2015 Jun;29(3):748-54. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12444. Epub 2014 Dec 24.

The case for policy-relevant conservation science.

Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology

David C Rose

Affiliations

  1. Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place CB2 3EN, Cambridge, United Kingdom. [email protected].

PMID: 25545991 PMCID: PMC4510816 DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12444

Abstract

Drawing on the "evidence-based" (Sutherland et al. 2013) versus "evidence-informed" debate (Adams & Sandbrook 2013), which has become prominent in conservation science, I argue that science can be influential if it holds a dual reference (Lentsch & Weingart 2011) that contributes to the needs of policy makers whilst maintaining technical rigor. In line with such a strategy, conservation scientists are increasingly recognizing the usefulness of constructing narratives through which to enhance the influence of their evidence (Leslie et al. 2013; Lawton & Rudd 2014). Yet telling stories alone is rarely enough to influence policy; instead, these narratives must be policy relevant. To ensure that evidence is persuasive alongside other factors in a complex policy-making process, conservation scientists could follow 2 steps: reframe within salient political contexts and engage more productively in boundary work, which is defined as the ways in which scientists "construct, negotiate, and defend the boundary between science and policy" (Owens et al. 2006:640). These will both improve the chances of evidence-informed conservation policy.

© 2015 The Authors. Conservation Biology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc., on behalf of Society for Conservation Biology.

Keywords: boundary work; conservación con base en evidencias; evidence-based conservation; evidence-informed policy; framing; interconexión ciencia-política; marco; política informada con evidencias; science-policy interface; trabajo fronterizo

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