This article differentiates between descriptive and explanatory factors to develop a typology
and a theory of stakeholder and public engagement. The typology describes different types …

Community monitoring can track environmental phenomena, resource use, and natural
resource management processes of concern to community members. It can also contribute …

Participation and collaboration of citizens and organized stakeholders in public decision-
making is widely believed to improve environmental governance outputs. However …

Natural resources policies that promote sustainable management are critical for protecting
diverse stakeholders against depletion. Although integrating diverse stakeholders into these …

Just participation in conservation decision‐making is a moral imperative and critical to
achieving social and ecological goals. However, understanding of what constitutes a just …

Monitoring and evaluation are central to ensuring that innovative, multi-scale, and
interdisciplinary approaches to sustainability are effective. The development of relevant …

Arguments for the need to conserve aquatic predator (AP) populations often focus on the
ecological and socioeconomic roles they play. Here, we summarize the diverse ecosystem …

Invasive alien species are a major driver of global environmental change and a range of
management interventions are needed to manage their effects on biodiversity, ecosystem …

The production of science has generally been understood as primarily a technical endeavor,
conducted by a narrow group of knowledge “experts” who ostensibly bring legitimacy and …

Ecologists who specialize in translational ecology (TE) seek to link ecological knowledge to
decision making by integrating ecological science with the full complement of social …