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Towards a process of translational palaeoecology: A practical guide to research co‐production
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William J. Fletcher,
Emma L. Shuttleworth,
Jane Akerman,
Morag Angus,
Conrad Barrowclough,
Helen Bennion,
Antony Blundell,
Dave Bromwich,
Althea L. Davies,
Gregory P. Dietl ,
Francisco Javier Ezquerra,
Michelle Farrell,
Karl Flessa,
Cynthia Froyd ,
Ralph Fyfe,
Martin Gillard,
Robin Gledhill,
Helen Harper,
Joanna Higgins,
Mike Longden,
Celia Martin‐Puertas,
César Morales‐Molino,
Gautier Nicoli,
Melanie A. Riedinger‐Whitmore,
Ben Siggery ,
Emily Stewart‐Rayner,
Rob Stoneman,
Beth Thomas,
Nathan Thomas,
Philip Wright
Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Start page: e70111
Swansea University Author:
Cynthia Froyd
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DOI (Published version): 10.1002/2688-8319.70111
Abstract
Palaeoecology has the potential to support practical conservation, offering a long-term perspective to issues such as biodiversity loss, environmental restoration and peatland carbon storage. However, achieving a widespread and effective application of palaeoecology within conservation practice requ...
| Published in: | Ecological Solutions and Evidence |
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| ISSN: | 2688-8319 2688-8319 |
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Wiley
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa70375 |
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Palaeoecology has the potential to support practical conservation, offering a long-term perspective to issues such as biodiversity loss, environmental restoration and peatland carbon storage. However, achieving a widespread and effective application of palaeoecology within conservation practice requires greater and more efficient collaboration between academics, practitioners and policymakers. Translational palaeoecology offers a methodological approach to achieve collaboration between academia and conservation and produce palaeoecological research that can support and inform conservation action. This paper reports the results of a workshop involving academics undertaking palaeoenvironmental research and conservation practitioners concerning the barriers and practical recommendations for effective research-practice collaboration. The experiences of the participants highlight the benefits of a collaborative approach for producing palaeoecological research that is enriched with experiential and contextual knowledge. Key themes emerging from the workshop include the importance of mutual learning and knowledge exchange, and supporting practitioners to be co-researchers. Practical implication. The workshop outcomes are presented as a framework of practical guidelines for implementing translational palaeoecology. Key recommendations for academics include engaging with practitioner activities as relationship-building opportunities, utilising field visits for knowledge exchange, adopting a knowledge facilitation role or involving a facilitator to support practitioner understanding, using workshops to explore the practical relevance of palaeoecological data and enabling practitioners to communicate palaeo-research findings in their sphere. Key recommendations for practitioners include inviting academics to practitioner meetings, providing tacit and experiential knowledge throughout the process, exploring practitioner- or land-owner-led funding opportunities for translational research and partaking in communication roles for wider dissemination of research. |
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| Keywords: |
collaborative research, knowledge co-production, palaeoecology, translational palaeoecology |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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This research was conducted as part of Jessica Gauld's PhD at the University of Manchester with financial support from the University of Manchester's President's Doctoral Scholar award. The preliminary findings of this manuscript were presented at the IUCN UK Peatland Programme conference 2024 with financial support from the British Ecological Society and Manchester Geographical Society. |
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3 |
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e70111 |