Search Results - "Cvitanovic, C."

From science to action: Principles for undertaking environmental research that enables knowledge exchange and evidence-based decision-making by Cvitanovic, C., McDonald, J., Hobday, A.J.

“…Effective conservation requires knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers to enable learning and support evidence-based decision-making. Efforts…”
Get full text

Improving knowledge exchange among scientists and decision-makers to facilitate the adaptive governance of marine resources: A review of knowledge and research needs by Cvitanovic, C., Hobday, A.J., van Kerkhoff, L., Wilson, S.K., Dobbs, K., Marshall, N.A.

“…The science-based management of natural resources requires knowledge exchange between scientists and environmental decision-makers, however, this exchange…”
Get full text

Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives by Bednarek, A. T., Wyborn, C., Cvitanovic, C., Meyer, R., Colvin, R. M., Addison, P. F. E., Close, S. L., Curran, K., Farooque, M., Goldman, E., Hart, D., Mannix, H., McGreavy, B., Parris, A., Posner, S., Robinson, C., Ryan, M., Leith, P.

“…Cultivating a more dynamic relationship between science and policy is essential for responding to complex social challenges such as sustainability. One…”
Get full text

Using Social Network Analysis to Monitor and Assess the Effectiveness of Knowledge Brokers at Connecting Scientists and Decision‐Makers: An Australian case study by Cvitanovic, C., Cunningham, R., Dowd, A‐M., Howden, S.M., Putten, E.I.

“…Despite growing rhetoric regarding the potential benefits of using knowledge brokers in relation to environmental challenges and decision‐making processes, the…”
Get full text

Normalizing failure: when things go wrong in participatory marine social science fieldwork by Cvitanovic, C, van Putten, E I, Tuohy, P, Annand-Jones, R

“…Abstract Failure is a normal and critical part of the scientific process; however, the admittance of failure remains largely stigmatized within the sciences…”
Get full text

Utility of primary scientific literature to environmental managers: An international case study on coral-dominated marine protected areas by Cvitanovic, C., Fulton, C.J., Wilson, S.K., van Kerkhoff, L., Cripps, I.L., Muthiga, N.

“…The integration of scientific information into the decision-making process for the management of marine resources remains a significant challenge, with the…”
Get full text

Considerations for Research Funders and Managers to Facilitate the Translation of Scientific Knowledge into Practice by Tuohy, P., Cvitanovic, C., Shellock, R. J., Karcher, D. B., Duggan, J., Cooke, S. J.

“…Research funders and managers can play a critical role in supporting the translation of knowledge into action by facilitating the brokering of knowledge and…”
Get full text

Overcoming barriers to knowledge exchange for adaptive resource management; the perspectives of Australian marine scientists by Cvitanovic, C., Hobday, A.J., van Kerkhoff, L., Marshall, N.A.

“…The sustainable science-based management of natural resources requires knowledge exchange between scientists and environmental decision-makers; however,…”
Get full text

Crossing disciplinary boundaries: motivations, challenges, and enablers for early career marine researchers moving from natural to social sciences by Shellock, R J, Cvitanovic, C, Badullovich, N, Catto, D, DelBene, J A, Duggan, J, Karcher, D B, Ostwald, A, Tuohy, P

“…Abstract Recent years have seen increasing calls to better document and understand the human dimensions of the marine and coastal environment and to…”
Get full text

Confronting a post-pandemic new-normal—threats and opportunities to trust-based relationships in natural resource science and management by Muir, A.M., Bernhardt, J.R., Boucher, N.W., Cvitanovic, C., Dettmers, J.M., Gaden, M., Hinderer, J.L.M., Locke, B., Robinson, K.F., Siefkes, M.J., Young, N., Cooke, S.J.

“…Natural resource governance is inherently complex owing to the socio-ecological systems in which it is embedded. Working arrangements have been fundamentally…”
Get full text

Governing fisheries through the critical decade: the role and utility of polycentric systems by Cvitanovic, C., Hobday, A. J., McDonald, J., Van Putten, E. I., Nash, K. L.

“…The next 10 years are considered a critical decade for fisheries. Declining fish stocks in combination with mounting climate pressure are likely to lead to…”
Get full text

Social acceptability of conservation interventions for flatback turtles: comparing expert and public perceptions by Tuohy, P, Richards, SA, Cvitanovic, C, van Putten, I, Hobday, AJ, Thomas, L, Annand-Jones, R

“…Sea turtles are facing significant threats, including anthropogenic warming, predation from feral animals, and sea level rise. While a range of intervention…”
Get full text

A focus on flatback turtles: the social acceptability of conservation interventions in two Australian case studies by van Putten, IE, Cvitanovic, C, Tuohy, P, Annand-Jones, R, Dunlop, M, Hobday, AJ, Thomas, L, Richards, SA

“…Human-induced climate change is a threat to marine species and ecosystems worldwide, including sea turtles. As climate changes are projected to intensify,…”
Get full text

Identifying impactful sea turtle conservation strategies: a mismatch between most influential and most readily manageable life-stages by Richards, SA, Cvitanovic, C, Dunlop, M, Fossette, S, Thomas, L, Tucker, AD, van Putten, EI, Whiting, AU, Whiting, SD, Hobday, AJ

“…Sea turtles worldwide face a range of threats including sea level rise and warming associated with climate change, predation by invasive species, plastic and…”
Get full text

Flatback futures—evaluating conservation interventions to reduce threats to an endemic Australian turtle by Hobday, AJ, van Putten, EI, Cvitanovic, C, Dunlop, M, Fossette, S, Ison, S, Richards, SA, Thomas, L, Tuohy, P, Annand-Jones, R, Tucker, T, Whiting, S

“…Australia’s endemic flatback turtle Natator depressus is the focus of a long-term conservation program aimed at securing the persistence of healthy populations…”
Get full text

Local variation in herbivore feeding activity on an inshore reef of the Great Barrier Reef by Cvitanovic, C, Bellwood, D. R

“…Threats to coral reefs may be manifested through an increase in macroalgae. Across the globe, phase-shifts from coral to macroalgal dominance have been…”
Get full text

Linking adaptation science to action to build food secure Pacific Island communities by Cvitanovic, C., Crimp, S., Fleming, A., Bell, J., Howden, M., Hobday, A.J., Taylor, M., Cunningham, R.

“…Climate change is a major threat to food security in Pacific Island countries, with declines in food production and increasing variability in food supplies…”
Get full text

Critical research needs for managing coral reef marine protected areas: Perspectives of academics and managers by Cvitanovic, C., Wilson, S.K., Fulton, C.J., Almany, G.R., Anderson, P., Babcock, R.C., Ban, N.C., Beeden, R.J., Beger, M., Cinner, J., Dobbs, K., Evans, L.S., Farnham, A., Friedman, K.J., Gale, K., Gladstone, W., Grafton, Q., Graham, N.A.J., Gudge, S., Harrison, P.L., Holmes, T.H., Johnstone, N., Jones, G.P., Jordan, A., Kendrick, A.J., Klein, C.J., Little, L.R., Malcolm, H.A., Morris, D., Possingham, H.P., Prescott, J., Pressey, R.L., Skilleter, G.A., Simpson, C., Waples, K., Wilson, D., Williamson, D.H.

“…Marine protected areas (MPAs) are a primary policy instrument for managing and protecting coral reefs. Successful MPAs ultimately depend on knowledge-based…”
Get full text

Understanding visitor awareness and knowledge of marine parks: Insights from the Ningaloo Coast, Australia by Tuohy, P., Cvitanovic, C., Shellock, R.J.

“…Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are a key policy instrument used for the protection of ocean and coastal environments. However, many MPAs are currently falling…”
Get full text

Strategies for building and managing ‘trust’ to enable knowledge exchange at the interface of environmental science and policy by Cvitanovic, C., Shellock, R.J., Mackay, M., van Putten, E.I., Karcher, D.B., Dickey-Collas, M., Ballesteros, M.

“…•Trust is a critical pre-condition for achieving evidence-informed policy.•Trust is highly dynamic and fragile, and takes time to be built.•We identify 14…”
Get full text