Social science integration at state and federal fish and wildlife organizations in the United States

IF 5.2 1区 环境科学与生态学 Q1 BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
Michael R. Quartuch, Ashley Gramza, Chelsey Crandall, Emily Pomeranz, Rene Valdez, Natalie Sexton, Ann B. Forstchen, Coren Jagnow
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Increasingly, conservation professionals and scholars recognize the need for more holistic integration of social science in fish and wildlife management. This call is often framed around the complexity of 21st century conservation challenges and changing societal values toward fish and wildlife and its management. Fish and wildlife management agencies must engage with conservation social sciences to proactively address pressing conservation challenges, such as climate change, habitat degradation, wildfire, and biodiversity loss, and to identify, understand, and be responsive to changing societal needs, interests, and preferences. However, little data exist on fish and wildlife organizations’ abilities to address and effectively incorporate social science information into decision-making processes, policy, or practice. We examined how social science is conducted, supported, and integrated in state and federal fish and wildlife agencies in the United States and the barriers that might stymie successful integration. We surveyed social scientists working in these organizations through an online questionnaire. Although most state and federal social scientists believed social science information is important to their agency, support (e.g., adequate funding, staffing, professional development opportunities) was limited and barriers (i.e., knowledge, capacity, institutional, and ideological) stymied successful integration. To increase support and minimize barriers to integration, we recommend increasing or reallocating funds to hire social scientists to meet agency needs, clearly communicating the importance of conservation social science to staff, providing or funding social science training for all staff, and incorporating social science research methods and best practices in agency decision-making, planning, and policy efforts. Implementing the aforementioned strategies can improve agencies’ abilities to address complex conservation challenges and ensure agencies meet their public trust responsibilities through increased application of social science in fish and wildlife organizations.

美国州和联邦鱼类和野生动物组织的社会科学整合
越来越多的保护专家和学者认识到,在鱼类和野生动物管理中需要更全面地整合社会科学。这一呼吁通常围绕着21世纪保护挑战的复杂性,以及对鱼类和野生动物及其管理不断变化的社会价值观。鱼类和野生动物管理机构必须与保护社会科学合作,积极应对紧迫的保护挑战,如气候变化、栖息地退化、野火和生物多样性丧失,并识别、理解和响应不断变化的社会需求、利益和偏好。然而,关于鱼类和野生动物组织处理和有效地将社会科学信息纳入决策过程、政策或实践的能力的数据很少。我们研究了社会科学是如何在美国的州和联邦鱼类和野生动物机构中进行、支持和整合的,以及可能阻碍成功整合的障碍。我们通过在线问卷调查了在这些组织工作的社会科学家。尽管大多数州和联邦社会科学家认为社会科学信息对他们的机构很重要,但支持(例如,充足的资金、人员配备、专业发展机会)是有限的,障碍(例如,知识、能力、制度和意识形态)阻碍了成功的整合。为了增加支持并减少整合的障碍,我们建议增加或重新分配资金以雇用社会科学家来满足机构的需求,向员工清楚地传达保护社会科学的重要性,为所有员工提供或资助社会科学培训,并将社会科学研究方法和最佳实践纳入机构的决策、规划和政策努力。实施上述战略可以提高机构应对复杂保护挑战的能力,并通过在鱼类和野生动物组织中增加社会科学的应用,确保机构履行其公众信任的责任。
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Conservation Biology
Conservation Biology 环境科学-环境科学
CiteScore
12.70
自引率
3.20%
发文量
175
审稿时长
2 months
期刊介绍: Conservation Biology welcomes submissions that address the science and practice of conserving Earth's biological diversity. We encourage submissions that emphasize issues germane to any of Earth''s ecosystems or geographic regions and that apply diverse approaches to analyses and problem solving. Nevertheless, manuscripts with relevance to conservation that transcend the particular ecosystem, species, or situation described will be prioritized for publication.
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