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oapen-20.500.12657-598672024-03-27T14:15:03Z Transforming Conservation Sutherland, William conservation management;decision-making processes;use of evidence;use of resources;public support;political support;experts provide solutions thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNK Conservation of the environment::RNKH Conservation of wildlife and habitats thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RND Environmental policy and protocols There are severe problems with the decision-making processes currently widely used, leading to ineffective use of evidence, faulty decisions, wasting of resources and the erosion of public and political support. In this book an international team of experts provide solutions. The transformation suggested includes rethinking how evidence is assessed, combined, communicated and used in decision-making; using effective methods when asking experts to make judgements (i.e. avoiding just asking an expert or a group of experts!); using a structured process for making decisions that incorporate the evidence and having effective processes for learning from actions. In each case, the specific problem with decision making is described with a range of practical solutions. Adopting this approach to decision-making requires societal change so detailed suggestions are made for transforming organisations, governments, businesses, funders and philanthropists. The practical suggestions include twelve downloadable checklists. The vision of the authors is to transform conservation so it is more effective, more cost-efficient, learns from practice and is more attractive to funders. However, the lessons of this important book go well beyond conservation to decision-makers in any field. 2022-12-07T09:25:07Z 2022-12-07T09:25:07Z 2022 book 9781800648562 9781800648579 9781800648593 9781800648609 9781800648616 9781800648623 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/59867 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9781800648586.pdf https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0321 Open Book Publishers 10.11647/OBP.0321 10.11647/OBP.0321 23117811-c361-47b4-8b76-2c9b160c9a8b 9781800648562 9781800648579 9781800648593 9781800648609 9781800648616 9781800648623 ScholarLed 430 Cambridge open access
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There are severe problems with the decision-making processes currently widely used, leading to ineffective use of evidence, faulty decisions, wasting of resources and the erosion of public and political support. In this book an international team of experts provide solutions.
The transformation suggested includes rethinking how evidence is assessed, combined, communicated and used in decision-making; using effective methods when asking experts to make judgements (i.e. avoiding just asking an expert or a group of experts!); using a structured process for making decisions that incorporate the evidence and having effective processes for learning from actions. In each case, the specific problem with decision making is described with a range of practical solutions.
Adopting this approach to decision-making requires societal change so detailed suggestions are made for transforming organisations, governments, businesses, funders and philanthropists. The practical suggestions include twelve downloadable checklists.
The vision of the authors is to transform conservation so it is more effective, more cost-efficient, learns from practice and is more attractive to funders. However, the lessons of this important book go well beyond conservation to decision-makers in any field.
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