The consensus is that both ecological and social factors are essential dimensions of
conservation research and practice. However, much of the literature on multiple disciplinary …

Conservation professionals are familiar with value‐driven research and practice. However,
recent efforts to use strategic communication, specifically conservation messaging, to affect …

There is an increased focus on the role of Indigenous and local people and organizations in
knowledge gathering, knowledge synthesis and decision-making. This is occurring at a …

Decisions under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) require scientific input on the risk
that the species will become extinct. A series of critiques on the role of science in ESA …

Scientists working on ecosystem service (ES) science are engaged in a mission-driven
discipline. They can contribute to science-policy interfaces where knowledge is co-produced …

The fundamental criterion for listing or delisting species under the United States
Endangered Species Act (ESA) is acceptable extinction risk. But what is the meaning of …

Ecologists routinely engage directly or indirectly with policy. Long portrayed as a tradeoff
between a scientist's societal impact and their credibility, the decision to advocate for …

Conservation policy sits at the nexus of natural science and politics. On the one hand,
conservation scientists strive to maintain scientific credibility by emphasizing that their …

Abstract The Endangered Species Act's best available science mandate has been widely
emulated and reflects a Congressional directive to ensure that decisions made under the Act …

Conservation biology is a value-laden discipline predicated on conserving biodiversity
(Soulé 1985), a mission that does not always sit easily with objective science (Lackey 2007; …