Closing the Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science Interdisciplinary Evidence Transfer Across Sectors and Spatiotemporal Scales

This book aims to synthesize the state of the art on biodiversity knowledge exchange practices to understand where and how improvements can be made to close the knowledge-implementation gap in conservation science and advance this interdisciplinary topic. Bringing together the most prominent scholars and practitioners in the field, the book looks into the various sources used to produce biodiversity knowledge - from natural and social sciences to Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Citizen Science - as well as knowledge mobilization approaches to highlight the key ingredients that render successful conservation action at a global scale. By doing so, the book identified major current challenges and opportunities in the field, for different sectors that generate, mobilize, and use biodiversity knowledge (like academia, boundary organizations, practitioners, and policy-makers), to further develop cross-sectorial knowledge mobilization strategies and enhance evidence-informed decision-making processes globally.

Part 1 Introduction.- 1 The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science.- Part 2 The Knowledge Production Or Co-Production.- 2 Biodiversity Monitoring and the Role of Scientists in the 21st Century.- 3 Closing the Conservation Genetics Gap: Integrating Genetic Knowledge in Conservation Management to Ensure Evolutionary Potential.- 4 Publicly generated data: the role of Citizen-Science for knowledge production, action, and public engagement.- 5 Global Overview of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Implementation in National Conservation Agendas.- Part 3  The Knowledge Mediation Sphere.- 6 The Knowledge Network: Identifying Actors and Structural Dimensions of Knowledge Transfer.- 7 Communication: The bridge between knowledge and implementation.- 8 Making an impact: how to design relevant and usable decision support systems for conservation.- Part 4 The Knowledge-Action Outcome(s).- 9 The use of boundary-spanning organizations to bridge the knowledge-action gap in North America.- 10 Progress and gaps in biodiversity data mainstreaming and knowledge transfer for conservation in South America.- 11 Conservation Science in Africa: Mainstreaming Biodiversity Information into Policy and Decision-making.- 12 The Marine Conservation Landscape in Europe: Knowledge Support to Policy Implementation and Conservation Action.- 13 Translating research into wildlife conservation actions through multi-sector collaboration in tropical Asia.- 14 Environmental knowledge exchange in Australia and Oceania: how researchers and practitioners are working together to bring change.-  Part 5 Synthesis.- 15 Closing the gap between knowledge and implementation in conservation science: concluding remarks.