Closing the Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science

Part 1 Introduction.- 1 The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science.- Part 2 The Knowledge Production Or Co-Production.- 2 Biodiversity Monitoring and the Role of Scientists in the 21st Century.- 3 Closing the Conservation Genetics Gap: Integrating Genetic Knowledge in Conservation Management to Ensure Evolutionary Potential.- 4 Publicly generated data: the role of Citizen-Science for knowledge production, action, and public engagement.- 5 Global Overview of Indigenous Ecological Knowledge and Implementation in National Conservation Agendas.- Part 3  The Knowledge Mediation Sphere.- 6 The Knowledge Network: Identifying Actors and Structural Dimensions of Knowledge Transfer.- 7 Communication: The bridge between knowledge and implementation.- 8 Making an impact: how to design relevant and usable decision support systems for conservation.- Part 4 The Knowledge-Action Outcome(s).- 9 The use of boundary-spanning organizations to bridge the knowledge-action gap in North America.- 10 Progress and gaps in biodiversity data mainstreaming and knowledge transfer for conservation in South America.- 11 Conservation Science in Africa: Mainstreaming Biodiversity Information into Policy and Decision-making.- 12 The Marine Conservation Landscape in Europe: Knowledge Support to Policy Implementation and Conservation Action.- 13 Translating research into wildlife conservation actions through multi-sector collaboration in tropical Asia.- 14 Environmental knowledge exchange in Australia and Oceania: how researchers and practitioners are working together to bring change.-  Part 5 Synthesis.- 15 Closing the gap between knowledge and implementation in conservation science: concluding remarks.