Transforming Conservation : : A Practical Guide to Evidence and Decision Making.
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, UK : : Open Book Publishers,, 2022. Ã2022. |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (430 pages) |
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505 | 0 | |a Intro -- Preface: A Vision of Transformed Conservation Practice -- References -- List of Authors -- Acknowledgements -- Reference -- PART I: WHAT IS THE PROBLEM? -- 1. Introduction: The Evidence Crisis and the Evidence Revolution -- 1.1 The Aim of the Book -- 1.2 The Evidence Crisis -- 1.3 Why is Poor Decision Making So Common? -- 1.4 The Evidence Revolution -- 1.5 The Case for Adopting Evidence Use -- 1.6 The Inefficiency Paradox -- 1.7 Transforming Decision Making -- 1.8 Structure of the Book -- References -- PART II: OBTAINING, ASSESSING AND SUMMARISING EVIDENCE -- 2. Gathering and Assessing Pieces of Evidence -- 2.1 What Counts as Evidence? -- 2.2 A Framework for Assessing the Weight of Evidence -- 2.3 Weighing the Evidence -- 2.4 Subjects of Evidence -- 2.5 Sources of Evidence -- 2.6 Types of Evidence -- 2.7 Acknowledgements -- References -- 3. Assessing Collated and Synthesised Evidence -- 3.1 Collating the Evidence -- 3.2 Systematic Maps -- 3.3 Subject-Wide Evidence Syntheses -- 3.4 Systematic Reviews -- 3.5 Rapid Evidence Assessments -- 3.6 Meta-Analyses -- 3.7 Open Access Effect Sizes -- 3.8 Overviews of Reviews -- References -- 4. Presenting Conclusions from Assessed Evidence -- 4.1 Principles for Presenting Evidence -- 4.2 Describing Evidence Searches -- 4.3 Presenting Different Types of Evidence -- 4.4 Presenting Evidence Quality -- 4.5 Balancing Evidence of Varying Strength -- 4.6 Visualising the Balance of Evidence -- 4.7 Synthesising Multiple Evidence Sources -- References -- 5. Improving the Reliability of Judgements -- 5.1 The Role of Judgements in Decision-Making -- 5.2 When Experts Are Good (and Not so Good) -- 5.3 Blind Spots of the Human Mind -- 5.4 Strategies for Improving Judgements -- 5.5 Structured Frameworks for Making Group Judgements -- 5.6 Practical Methods for Improving Routine Judgements -- References. | |
505 | 8 | |a PART III: MAKING AND APPLYING DECISIONS -- 6. Identifying Stakeholders and Collaborating with Communities -- 6.1 The Benefits of Community-Working -- 6.2 Types of Community Engagement -- 6.3 Identifying Who to Collaborate With -- 6.4 Initiating Contact -- 6.5 Creating and Maintaining Trust -- 6.6 Collaborating -- References -- 7. Framing the Problem and Identifying Potential Solutions -- 7.1 The Approach to Identifying Problems and Potential Solutions -- 7.2 Defining the Scope of the Project and the Conservation Targets -- 7.3 Understanding the Biological and Human System -- 7.4 Identifying Threats and Opportunities -- 7.5 Taking Stock -- 7.6 Identifying Potential Actions -- 7.7 Developing Questions and Assumptions -- References -- 8 Making Decisions for Policy and Practice -- 8.1 What is a Structured Approach to Decision-Making? -- 8.2 Filter Easy Decisions: Deciding Whether to Invest in Decision Making -- 8.3 Preparing to Make the Decision -- 8.4 Making Decisions -- 8.5 Multi-Criteria Analysis -- 8.6 Strategy Table -- 8.7 Classifying Decisions -- 8.8 Decision Trees -- 8.9 Creating Models -- 8.10 Achieving Consensus -- References -- 9. Creating Evidence-Based Policy and Practice -- 9.1 How Embedding Evidence Improves Processes -- 9.2 General Principles for Embedding Evidence into Processes -- 9.3 Evaluating Evidence Use -- 9.4 Evidence-Based Species and Habitat Management Plans -- 9.5 Evidence-Based Guidance -- 9.6 Evidence-Based Policy -- 9.7 Evidence-Based Business Decisions -- 9.8 Evidence-Based Writing and Journalism -- 9.9 Evidence-Based Funding -- 9.10 Evidence-Based Decision-Support Tools -- 9.11 Evidence-Based Models -- References -- 10. How Conservation Practice Can Generate Evidence -- 10.1 Ensuring Data Collection is Useful -- 10.2 Collecting Data Along the Causal Chain -- 10.3 Incorporating Tests into Conservation Practice. | |
505 | 8 | |a 10.4 Design of Experiments and Tests -- 10.5 Value of Information: When Do We Know Enough? -- 10.6 Writing Up and Sharing Results -- References -- PART IV: TRANSFORMING SOCIETY -- 11. Creating a Culture of Evidence Use -- 11.1 Why Changing Cultures is Critical -- 11.2 Auditing Current Evidence Use -- 11.3 Creating an Evidence-Use Plan -- 11.4 Creating Expectations and Opportunities for Evidence Use -- 11.5 Providing the Capacity to Deliver Evidence Use -- 11.6 Training, Capacity Building, and Certification -- 11.7 Learning from Failure -- 11.8 Case Studies: Organisations who Shifted to Embrace Evidence Use -- References -- 12. Transforming Practice: Checklists for Delivering Change -- 12.1 The Importance of Checklists -- 12.2 The Decision-Making Process -- 12.3 Organisations -- 12.4 Knowledge Brokers -- 12.5 Practitioners and Decision Makers -- 12.6 Commissioners of Reports and Advice -- 12.7 Funders and Philanthropists -- 12.8 The Research and Education Community -- References -- 13. Supplementary Material from Online Resources -- 13.1 Sources of Evidence -- 13.2 Teaching Evidence Use -- 13.3 Building the Evidence Base -- 13.4 Delivering Change -- 13.5 Collaborators -- References -- Checklists, Boxes and Tables -- Checklists -- Boxes -- Tables -- Figures -- Index. | |
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590 | |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. | ||
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