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Conservation: Focus on implementation

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High-impact conservation science may offer insights for policy-makers and funders, but in our experience it is of limited value on the ground. To protect biodiversity, research needs to focus more on how conservation can be implemented (B. Pressey et al. Nature 515, 28–31; 2014).

Biodiversity conservation is achieved by activities that abate threats to species and their habitats, and are mostly done by local practitioners. Conservation science helps, in principle, by determining which actions are likely to be effective. This work is mostly done by academics, who are, however, judged by citation rather than conservation impact.

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  1. People and Nature Consulting International, Jakarta

    Erik Meijaard

  2. CIFOR, Indonesia

    Erik Meijaard

  3. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

    Douglas Sheil

  4. CIFOR, Indonesia

    Douglas Sheil

  5. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

    Marcel Cardillo

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Meijaard, E., Sheil, D. & Cardillo, M. Conservation: Focus on implementation. Nature 516, 37 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/516037d

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