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Presentation Abstract
To address complex socio-ecological system challenges, policy makers and managers throughout the Salish Sea, and around the world, increasingly seek collaborative approaches. At the same time, the climate emergency and other environmental threats have drawn greater attention to science and its role in responding to these threats. Scientists are working to not only expand knowledge, but to put it into practice. What are the barriers and opportunities for bridging science and collaboration? In this comparative case study we examine how scientific research is valued, acquired, evaluated, and applied in collaborative ecosystem restoration. We gather data from three different types of collaborative watershed partnerships in the Puget Sound: government-based (federal/local), government-based (state), and citizen-based. Our analysis explains how different types of collaborative organizations act as knowledge brokers, and how they can more effectively navigate the science–management interface for ecosystem restoration.
Session Title
Conservation Through Different Ways of Knowing
Conference Track
SSE2: How We Protect the Salish Sea
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2022 : Online)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE-traditionals-3
Start Date
27-4-2022 9:45 AM
End Date
27-4-2022 11:15 AM
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Improving the Use of Science in Collaborative Ecosystem Restoration: Government and Non-government knowledge brokers
To address complex socio-ecological system challenges, policy makers and managers throughout the Salish Sea, and around the world, increasingly seek collaborative approaches. At the same time, the climate emergency and other environmental threats have drawn greater attention to science and its role in responding to these threats. Scientists are working to not only expand knowledge, but to put it into practice. What are the barriers and opportunities for bridging science and collaboration? In this comparative case study we examine how scientific research is valued, acquired, evaluated, and applied in collaborative ecosystem restoration. We gather data from three different types of collaborative watershed partnerships in the Puget Sound: government-based (federal/local), government-based (state), and citizen-based. Our analysis explains how different types of collaborative organizations act as knowledge brokers, and how they can more effectively navigate the science–management interface for ecosystem restoration.
