Evidence-based decision-making in Canada’s protected areas organizations: Implications for management effectiveness
Evidence-based decision-making in Canada’s protected areas organizations: Implications for management effectiveness
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加拿大保护区组织的循证决策：对管理有效性的影响
作者：
C. Lemieux;M. Groulx;S. Bocking;T. Beechey
爱知生物多样性目标19呼吁《联合国生物多样性公约》(CBD)缔约方改进、分享、转让和应用知识。在这项研究中，我们通过检查(1)管理者对各种形式的证据的价值和使用，以及(2)体制条件在多大程度上允许或禁止在决策中使用证据，对加拿大保护区组织的循证决策状况进行了初步评估。结果显示，尽管管理者在决策中重视并使用多种形式的证据，但工作人员及其组织提供的信息是优先考虑的。其他形式的证据，如土著知识和同行审查的信息，受到重视和使用较少。以证据为基础的决策的最大障碍是有限的财政资源、缺乏工作人员、决策的时间框架不足、缺乏监测计划以及研究人员和决策者之间的脱节。总体而言，我们的结果表明，在加拿大的保护区组织中，循证方法的潜在好处没有得到最大化。我们提出了几项建议，以引进或改进各种形式的证据的使用，以提高加拿大保护区的管理效力，进而提高保护成果。
Aichi Biodiversity Target 19 calls on Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to improve, share, transfer, and apply knowledge. In this study, we provide an initial assessment of the state of evidence-based decision-making in Canada’s protected areas organizations by examining (1) the value and use of various forms of evidence by managers and (2) the extent to which institutional conditions enable or inhibit the use of evidence in decision-making. Results revealed that although managers value and use many forms of evidence in their decision-making, information produced by staff and their organizations are given priority. Other forms of evidence, such as Indigenous knowledge and peer-reviewed information, are valued and used less. The most significant barriers to evidence-based decision-making were limited financial resources, lack of staff, inadequate timeframes for decision-making, a lack of monitoring programs, and a disconnect between researchers and decision-makers. Overall, our results suggest that the potential benefits of evidence-based approaches are not being maximized in Canada’s protected areas organizations. We propose several recommendations to introduce or improve the use of diverse forms of evidence to enhance management effectiveness of Canada’s protected areas and by extension conservation outcomes.