Conservation: Focus on implementation

Meijaard, Erik; Sheil, Douglas; Cardillo, Marcel

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Conservation: Focus on implementation

Date

2014

Authors

Meijaard, Erik

Sheil, Douglas

Cardillo, Marcel

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

Abstract

High-impact conservation science may offer insights for policy-makers and funders, but in our experience it is of limited value on the ground. To protect biodiversity, research needs to focus more on how conservation can be implemented (B. Pressey et al. Nature 515, 28–31; 2014).