Lynne Dicks - Informed Conservation Policy

Question 1

Pullin & Knight 2005

Answer 1

Use of sources by conservation managers in UK and australia - the majority do not use evidence in primary literature as it is inaccessible. Experience is used instead. (Backed up by Cook et al. 2010)

Question 2

Sharman & Homes 2010

Answer 2

The 10% renewable fuel directive by the EU was not based off evidence that biofuels actually reduce greenhouse emissions… in fact much literature says that they do not.

Question 3

Dicks at el. 2014

Answer 3

Introduction of the ‘4S’ hierarchy to facilitate evidence-backed decision making in conservation management: Studies, Sytematic reviews, Summaries, Decision support systems. Also describes common biases or flaws in the system when used incorrectly.

Question 4

Dicks et al. 2016

Answer 4

An exercise in synthesising a large amount of disparate literature into easy to review bits of advice, using an expert panel.

Question 5

Kingdon 2003

Answer 5

Agendas, Alternatives and Public Policies: ‘Multiple streams theory’ of policy change, ‘Policy WIndows’ - Timing is everything, strong public interest couples with feasible action/solutions/resource availability allows policies to be pushed through at certain times compared to others.