Informing Protected Area Decision Making through Academic-Practitioner Collaborations | Land Portal

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Date of publication: 
Octubre 2020
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ISBN / Resource ID: 
10.3390/land9100375
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© 2020 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article.

This study examined knowledge mobilization and collaboration practices of practitioners in a Canadian provincial park agency, BC Parks. Data was collected through four focus groups, an on line survey (N = 125), and a follow up workshop. Results showed that the most important information sources used by the agency were “internal” (e.g., policy and management guidelines), while “external sources” such as academic researchers or journals were rated lower. However, those who collaborated with outside groups, including academics, and those working in a science capacity within the agency, rated external information sources more positively. Barriers and enabling conditions for effective knowledge mobilization were identified.

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Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

Murray, Grant
Randall, Carleigh
Rollins, Rick

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