Many conservation plans remain unimplemented, in part because of insufficient
consideration of the social processes that influence conservation decisions. Complementing …

As an inevitable consequence of increased environmental degradation and anticipated
future environmental change, societal demand for ecosystem restoration is rapidly …

Citizen science has advanced science for hundreds of years, contributed to many peer-
reviewed articles, and informed land management decisions and policies across the United …

Thousands of universities have made climate emergency declarations; however the higher
education sector is not rising to the collective challenge with the urgency commensurate with …

Recent scholarship in conservation biology has pointed to the existence of a “research‐
implementation” gap and has proposed various solutions for overcoming it. Some of these …

There are many barriers to using science to inform conservation policy and practice.
Conservation scientists wishing to produce management‐relevant science must balance this …

Conservation science is a rapidly develo** discipline, and the knowledge base it
generates is relevant for practical applications. It is therefore crucial to monitor biases and …

A priority outcome from the 2012 United Nations Rio+ 20 Conference on Sustainable
Development was the target to restore, by 2020, 150 million ha of disturbed and degraded …

Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing
significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society …

The practice of conservation occurs within complex socioecological systems fraught with
challenges that require transparent, defensible, and often socially engaged project planning …