EDITORIAL: Creating testable questions in practical conservation: a process and 100 questions

Sutherland, William J; Robinson, Jake M; Aldridge, David C; Alamenciak, tim; Armes, Matthew; Baranduin, Nina; Bladon, Andrew J; Breed, Martin F; Dyas, Nicki; Elphick, Chris S; Griffiths, Richard A; Hughes, Jonny; Middleton, Beccy; Littlewood, Nick A; Mitchell, Roger; Morgan, William H; Mosley, Roy; Petrovan, Silviu O; Prendergast, Kit; Ritchie, Euan G; Raven, Hugh; Smith, Rebecca K; Watts, Sarah H; Thornton, Ann

EDITORIAL: Creating testable questions in practical conservation: a process and 100 questions

Authors

Sutherland, William J

Publisher

Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Department of Zoology
https://doi.org/10.52201/cej19xiff2753

Description

It is now clear that the routine embedding of experiments into conservation practice is essential for creating reasonably comprehensive evidence of the effectiveness of actions. However, an important barrier is the stage of identifying testable questions that are both useful but also realistic to carry out without a major research project. We identified approaches for generating such suitable questions. A team of 24 participants crowdsourced suggestions, resulting in a list of a hundred possible tests of actions.
The David and Claudia Harding Foundation