A vision for the future conservation evidence landscape
Abstract Evidence‐based conservation has made some major steps forward in the last two decades. However, the ‘landscape’ in which evidence is generated, funded and disseminated still has some elements that will need to be further developed if the UK's conservation sector is to achieve its collective nature recovery goals. This paper articulates a shared vision of the conservation evidence landscape in 2035. It was developed by representatives of 27 organisations involved in conservation and nature recovery across the UK. Solution : the authors identified a range of issues that will need to be addressed to allow the evidence base to support and guide nature recovery efforts. These will require action in four key areas: (1) evidence creation, (2) access to evidence, (3) evidence culture, and (4) enabling evidence‐based conservation.
Authors
- Mark O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-8880)
- Nigel Doar
- Jeremy D. Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7485-5878)
- Jonathan R. Webb
- Karen A. Haysom
- Rachel L. White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0694-7847)
- Minhyuk Seo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6211-7077)
- M.A. Nason
- Rosemary S. Hails (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6975-1318)
- Rebecca K. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3294-7592)
- Lauren Rogers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9303-9091)
- Alan W. Smart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7584-931X)
- Harriet G. Orr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5021-1074)
- Craig R. Macadam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1468-1981)
- Philip Dooner
- Hazel A. Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9573-2025)
- John Hynes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0490-5179)
- Aisling Stringer
- Lucy Groves
- David M. Stone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6912-746X)
- William J. Sutherland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6498-0437)
- Kathy Meakin
- N. Hutchinson
- Jessica L Dagley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2579-9077)
- C. R. Bulman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1147-0424)
- Fiona Burns (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5362-5552)
- Sahran Higgins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6803-5205)
- S.L. Robinson
- A. B. Plowman
- S. Hayns
Institutions
- University of Gloucestershire (GB)
- Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (JE)
- Natural England (GB)
- Butterfly Conservation (GB)
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (GB)
- Environment Agency (GB)
- University of Cambridge (GB)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (GB)
- Wildlife Trusts (GB)
- Scottish Wildlife Trust (GB)
- Bumblebee Conservation Trust (GB)
- Buglife (GB)
- Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust (GB)
- Springer Nature (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (GB)
- National Trust (GB)
- Vincent Wildlife Trust (GB)
- Essex Wildlife Trust (GB)
- Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (GB)
- Woodland Trust (GB)
- University of Brighton (GB)
- British Ecological Society (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Ecological Solutions and Evidence
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12397
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Conservation Techniques and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 11.73
Funders
- British Ecological Society