Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management
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In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Vol. 2, No. 1, 03.2021, p. e12032.
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T1 - Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management
AU - Downey, Harriet
AU - Amano, Tatsuya
AU - Cadotte, Mark
AU - Cook, Carly N.
AU - Cooke, Steven J.
AU - Haddaway, Neal R.
AU - Jones, Julia P. G.
AU - Littlewood, Nick
AU - Walsh, Jessica C.
AU - Abrahams, Mark I.
AU - Adum, Gilbert
AU - Akasaka, Munemitsu
AU - Alves, Jose A.
AU - Antwis, Rachael E.
AU - Arellano, Eduardo C.
AU - Axmacher, Jan
AU - Barclay, Holly
AU - Batty, Lesley
AU - Benítez-López, Ana
AU - Bennett, Joseph R.
AU - Berg, Maureen J.
AU - Bertolino, Sandro
AU - Biggs, Duan
AU - Bolam, Friederike C.
AU - Bray, Tim
AU - Brook, Barry W.
AU - Bull, Joseph W.
AU - Burivalova, Zuzana
AU - Cabeza, Mar
AU - Chauvenet, Alienor L. M.
AU - Christie, Alec P.
AU - Cole, Lorna
AU - Cotton, Alison J.
AU - Cotton, Sam
AU - Cousins, Sara A. O.
AU - Craven, Dylan
AU - Cresswell, Will
AU - Cusack, Jeremy J.
AU - Dalrymple, Sarah E.
AU - Davies, Zoe G.
AU - Diaz, Anita
AU - Dodd, Jennifer A.
AU - Felton, Adam
AU - Fleishman, Erica
AU - Gardner, Charlie J.
AU - Garside, Ruth
AU - Ghoddousi, Arash
AU - Gilroy, James J.
AU - Gill, David A.
AU - Gill, Jennifer A.
AU - Glew, Louise
AU - Grainger, Matthew J.
AU - Grass, Amelia A.
AU - Greshon, Stephanie
AU - Gundry, Jamie
AU - Hart, Tom
AU - Hopkins, Charlotte R.
AU - Howe, Caroline
AU - Johnson, Arlyne
AU - Jones, Kelly W.
AU - Jordan, Neil R.
AU - Kadoya, Taku
AU - Kerhoas, Daphne
AU - Koricheva, Julia
AU - Lee, Tien Ming
AU - Lengyel, Szabolcs
AU - Livingstone, Stuart W.
AU - Lyons, Ashley
AU - McCabe, Gráinne
AU - Millett, Jonathan
AU - Strevens, Chloë Montes
AU - Moolna, Adam
AU - Mossman, Hannah L.
AU - Mukherjee, Nibedita
AU - Muñoz-Sáez, Andrés
AU - Negrões, Nuno
AU - Norfolk, Olivia
AU - Osawa, Takeshi
AU - Papworth, Sarah
AU - Park, Kirsty J.
AU - Pellet, Jérôme
AU - Phillott, Andrea D.
AU - Plotnik, Joshua M.
AU - Priatna, Dolly
AU - Ramos, Alejandra G.
AU - Randall, Nicola
AU - Richards, Rob M.
AU - Ritchie, Euan G.
AU - Roberts, David L.
AU - Rocha, Ricardo
AU - Rodríguez, Jon Paul
AU - Sanderson, Roy
AU - Sasaki, Takehiro
AU - Savilaakso, Sini
AU - Sayer, Carl
AU - Sekercioglu, Cagan
AU - Senzaki, Masayuki
AU - Smith, Grania
AU - Smith, Robert J.
AU - Soga, Masashi
AU - Soulsbury, Carl D.
AU - Steer, Mark D.
AU - Stewart, Gavin
AU - Strange, E. F.
AU - Suggitt, Andrew J.
AU - Thompson, Ralph R. J.
AU - Thompson, Stewart
AU - Thornhill, Ian
AU - Trevelyan, R. J.
AU - Usieta, Hope O.
AU - Venter, Oscar
AU - Webber, Amanda D.
AU - White, Rachel L.
AU - Whittingham, Mark J.
AU - Wilby, Andrew
AU - Yarnell, Richard W.
AU - Zamora, Veronica
AU - Sutherland, William J.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence-based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis. If, as educators, we do not make these priorities a core part of what we teach, we are failing to prepare our students to make an effective contribution to conservation practice. To help overcome this problem we have created open access online teaching materials in multiple languages that are stored in Applied Ecological Resources. So far, 117 educators from 23 countries have acknowledged the importance of this and are already teaching or about to teach skills in appraising or using evidence in conservation decision-making. This includes 145 undergraduate, postgraduate or professional development courses. We call for wider teaching of the tools and skills that facilitate evidence-based conservation and also suggest that providing online teaching materials in multiple languages could be beneficial for improving global understanding of other subject areas.
AB - To be effective, the next generation of conservation practitioners and managers need to be critical thinkers with a deep understanding of how to make evidence-based decisions and of the value of evidence synthesis. If, as educators, we do not make these priorities a core part of what we teach, we are failing to prepare our students to make an effective contribution to conservation practice. To help overcome this problem we have created open access online teaching materials in multiple languages that are stored in Applied Ecological Resources. So far, 117 educators from 23 countries have acknowledged the importance of this and are already teaching or about to teach skills in appraising or using evidence in conservation decision-making. This includes 145 undergraduate, postgraduate or professional development courses. We call for wider teaching of the tools and skills that facilitate evidence-based conservation and also suggest that providing online teaching materials in multiple languages could be beneficial for improving global understanding of other subject areas.
KW - critical thinking
KW - education
KW - evidence
KW - open access
U2 - 10.1002/2688-8319.12032
DO - 10.1002/2688-8319.12032
M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - e12032
JO - Ecological Solutions and Evidence
JF - Ecological Solutions and Evidence
SN - 2688-8319
IS - 1
ER -