Many areas of science, including conservation and environmental management, regularly
require engaging stakeholders or experts to produce consensus or technical inputs. The …

Expert knowledge is used widely in the science and practice of conservation because of the
complexity of problems, relative lack of data, and the imminent nature of many conservation …

Despite substantial progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, major taxonomic and
geographic knowledge gaps remain. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement to fill …

Humanity is on a deeply unsustainable trajectory. We are exceeding planetary boundaries
and unlikely to meet many international sustainable development goals and global …

Expert judgement informs a variety of important applications in conservation and natural
resource management, including threatened species management, environmental impact …

Abstract Achieving the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) results in
many ecological, social, and economic consequences that are inter-related. Understanding …

Aim After environmental disasters, species with large population losses may need urgent
protection to prevent extinction and support recovery. Following the 2019–2020 Australian …

Stop** declines in biodiversity is critically important, but it is only a first step toward
achieving more ambitious conservation goals. The absence of an objective and practical …

While decision research tends to treat the question of expertise with suspicion, the capacity
of experts within the wider, applied field of foresight often remains unquestioned. In this …

Cities are increasingly considered important places for biodiversity conservation because
they can harbor threatened species and because conservation in cities represents an …