Abstract
1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To help overcome this problem we have created open access online teaching materials in multiple languages that are stored in Applied Ecology 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. 4. 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.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e12032 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Ecological Solutions and Evidence |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- critical thinking
- education
- evidence
- open access
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Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management. / Downey, Harriet; Amano, Tatsuya; Cadotte, Marc et al.
In: Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Vol. 2, No. 1, e12032, 25.01.2021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
TY - JOUR
T1 - Training future generations to deliver evidence-based conservation and ecosystem management
AU - Downey, Harriet
AU - Amano, Tatsuya
AU - Cadotte, Marc
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-Gutierrez, Veronica
AU - Sutherland, William J.
N1 - Funding Information: HD and WJS thank Arcadia and MAVA for funding and the referees for improving the manuscript. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 The Authors. Ecological Solutions and Evidence published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society.
PY - 2021/1/25
Y1 - 2021/1/25
N2 - 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To help overcome this problem we have created open access online teaching materials in multiple languages that are stored in Applied Ecology 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. 4. 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 - 1. 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. 2. 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. 3. To help overcome this problem we have created open access online teaching materials in multiple languages that are stored in Applied Ecology 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. 4. 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.
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