Egy kelet-közép európai ország konzervációs kutatási prioritásai

 

Megjelent Mihók Barbara elsőszerzőségével új cikkünk a Journal for Nature Conservation című tudományos folyóiratban. A cikk szorosan kapcsolódik egy korábbi bejegyzésemben bemutatott, a " hazai természetvédelem 50 legfontosabb kérdése" szimpóziumhoz. A cikk letölthető a honlapomról illetve megtalálható a folyóirat honlapján is. A cikk összefoglalója az alábbiakban olvasható. A cikkhez tematikájában szorosan kapcsolódik egy másik cikk, amely a Természetvédelmi Közlemények hasábjain jelent meg a közelmúltban. Ez utóbbi cikk is letölthető a honlapomon ezen a linken keresztül.

Bridging the research-practice gap: conservation research priorities in a Central and Eastern European country

Barbara Mihók; Eszter Kovács; Bálint Balázs; György Pataki; András Ambrus; Dénes Bartha; Zoltán Czirák; Sándor Csányi; Péter Csépányi; Mónika Csőszi; György Dudás; Csaba Egri; Tibor Erős; Szilvia Gőri; Gergő Halmos; Annamária Kopek; Katalin Margóczi; Gábor Miklay; László Milon; László Podmaniczky; János Sárvári; András Schmidt; Katalin Sipos; Viktória Siposs; Tibor Standovár; Csaba Szigetvári; László Szemethy; Balázs Tóth; László Tóth; Péter Tóth; Katalin Török; Péter Török; Csaba Vadász; Ildikó Varga; William J. Sutherland; András Báldi

Abstract: Halting biodiversity loss is a critical aim for the forthcoming but is hindered by the gap between research and practice. Bridging this gap is a significant challenge in the Central and Eastern Europe countries, where, compared to Western European countries, biodiversity is higher but the research budget is lower. Approaches to address bridging this gap include participatory research prioritizing exercises. These demand-driven collaborative ranking processes have proven to be a useful tool in providing a research agenda derived from a review of critical challenges based on stakeholder engagement. However, for research agendas to be effectively realized, they are best developed and implemented at the operative level of research financing and implementation. This paper shows the process and the outcome of an exercise conducted in Hungary aiming to compile the most important conservation research questions at the country-level and outlines a set of further measures and tools required for dissemination and advocacy for the research agenda. During the process 792 research questions were collated from conservation practitioners and natural resource managers based on interviews and via an online questionnaire; the final 50 most important questions were identified by practitioners and policy makers during an expert workshop. Questions are embedded in global and EU biodiversity targets and imply a pragmatic approach with the aim of identifying research that supports policy- and decision-making regarding habitat management, land-use and regional development, while also focussing on conflicting issues. The outcome of the process includes the potential for lobbying, therefore post-publication activities and dissemination strategies are outlined as an integrated part of the exercise.