Stakeholder engagement in the study and management of invasive alien species

0510366 - BÚ 2020 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Shackleton, R. T. - Adriaens, T. - Brundu, G. - Dehnen-Schmutz, K. - Estévez, R. A. - Fried, J. - Larson, B. M. H. - Liu, S. - Marchante, E. - Marchante, H. - Moshobane, M. C. - Novoa, Ana - Reed, M. - Richardson, D. M.
Stakeholder engagement in the study and management of invasive alien species.
Journal of Environmental Management. Roč. 229, January (2019), s. 88-101. ISSN 0301-4797. E-ISSN 1095-8630
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36079G
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : biological invasions * environmental management * social-ecological systems
OECD category: Ecology
Impact factor: 5.647, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Limited access

Research on stakeholder engagement in invasion science has increased over the last decade, helping to improve scientific knowledge and contributing towards policy formulation and co-implementation of management. However, many challenges remain and engagement could be made more effective. For example, most studies engage only one stakeholder group passively using questionnaires, primarily for assessing local knowledge and perceptions. Although useful for management and policy planning, these stakeholders are not active participants and there is no two-way flow of knowledge. To make stakeholder involvement more useful, we encourage more integrative and collaborative engagement to (1) improve co-design, co-creation and co-implementation of research and management actions, (2) promote social learning and provide feedback to stakeholders, (3) enhance collaboration and partnerships beyond the natural sciences and academia (interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration), and (4) discuss some practical and policy suggestions for improving stakeholder engagement in invasion science research and management. This will help facilitate different stakeholders to work better together, allowing problems associated with biological invasions to be tackled more holistically and successfully.
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