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Bridging knowledge creation and conservation practice through participatory action research on private lands
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Taylor, M and Davison, A and Harwood, A, Bridging knowledge creation and conservation practice through participatory action research on private lands, Citizen Science, 8, (1) Article 6. ISSN 2057-4991 (2023) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.5334/cstp.428
Abstract
Ongoing failure to resolve how wildlife and people can co-exist on private land contributes
to the global decline of wildlife populations. Experience in Tasmania, Australia suggests
a disconnect between wildlife researchers, environmental agencies, and private
landholders that prevents new scientific insights from translating into improved wildlife
management practices. This case study based on a participatory action research model,
describes a wildlife conservation initiative called WildTracker. WildTracker created handson
collaborations among private landholders, university researchers, and the Tasmanian
Land Conservancy (TLC). Landholders from 3 regions (total area 9977 km2) participated
in an iterative 2-year research process involving problem-framing workshops, data
collection (mammals, birds, and habitat) using wildlife cameras and sound recorders,
data analysis, and discussion of results. Participants contributed more than 2,000
hours to the project, resulting in more than 500,000 wildlife observations, with many
landholders now implementing research findings, guided by locality-specific data on
wildlife populations, feral animals, and habitat condition. WildTracker has evolved from
a short-term participatory research project into an ongoing collaborative citizen science
program that is documenting and contributing to on-the-ground and evolving wildlife
conservation outcomes.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | wildlife conservation, social factors, private land, citizen science |
| Research Division: | Human Society |
| Research Group: | Human geography |
| Research Field: | Environmental geography |
| Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
| Objective Group: | Terrestrial systems and management |
| Objective Field: | Terrestrial biodiversity |
| UTAS Author: | Taylor, M (Mr Matthew Taylor) |
| UTAS Author: | Davison, A (Associate Professor Aidan Davison) |
| UTAS Author: | Harwood, A (Dr Andrew Harwood) |
| ID Code: | 155297 |
| Year Published: | 2023 |
| Deposited By: | Geography and Spatial Science |
| Deposited On: | 2023-02-09 |
| Last Modified: | 2023-02-09 |
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