Science support within the South African National Parks adaptive management framework
‘Behind all good science is good science support.’ Implementing a successful strategic adaptive management (SAM) framework requires an effective science support structure. This structure must be effective in all areas of data management, starting with data collection and ending with the disseminatio...
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| author | Judith M. Kruger Sandra MacFadyen |
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| description | ‘Behind all good science is good science support.’ Implementing a successful strategic adaptive management (SAM) framework requires an effective science support structure. This structure must be effective in all areas of data management, starting with data collection and ending with the dissemination of knowledge, to facilitate timeous management decisions and associated actions. Accordingly, South African National Parks has embraced the use of various technologies to enable the effective implementation of a functional support structure. This paper described these technologies and discussed how they benefit the implementation of the SAM framework.
Conservation implications: The importance of functional support structures in science and conservation management is frequently undervalued in a system where emphasis is placed on scientific products. In order to promote research and facilitate analysis, sound data management practices are essential to integrating knowledge into an organisation’s institutional memory. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7e5f1f9fa584405ba3560b1a0f7605792022-12-22T00:20:35ZengAOSISKoedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science0075-64582071-07712011-05-01532e1e710.4102/koedoe.v53i2.1010935Science support within the South African National Parks adaptive management frameworkJudith M. Kruger0Sandra MacFadyen1South African National Parks, SkukuzaSouth African National Parks, Skukuza‘Behind all good science is good science support.’ Implementing a successful strategic adaptive management (SAM) framework requires an effective science support structure. This structure must be effective in all areas of data management, starting with data collection and ending with the dissemination of knowledge, to facilitate timeous management decisions and associated actions. Accordingly, South African National Parks has embraced the use of various technologies to enable the effective implementation of a functional support structure. This paper described these technologies and discussed how they benefit the implementation of the SAM framework. Conservation implications: The importance of functional support structures in science and conservation management is frequently undervalued in a system where emphasis is placed on scientific products. In order to promote research and facilitate analysis, sound data management practices are essential to integrating knowledge into an organisation’s institutional memory.https://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/1010Conservation managementCyberTrackerdatabase managementinstitutional memoryknowledge disseminationMorphoresearchtechnology transfer |
| spellingShingle | Judith M. Kruger Sandra MacFadyen Science support within the South African National Parks adaptive management framework Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science Conservation management CyberTracker database management institutional memory knowledge dissemination Morpho research technology transfer |
| title | Science support within the South African National Parks adaptive management framework |
| title_full | Science support within the South African National Parks adaptive management framework |
| title_fullStr | Science support within the South African National Parks adaptive management framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Science support within the South African National Parks adaptive management framework |
| title_short | Science support within the South African National Parks adaptive management framework |
| title_sort | science support within the south african national parks adaptive management framework |
| topic | Conservation management CyberTracker database management institutional memory knowledge dissemination Morpho research technology transfer |
| url | https://koedoe.co.za/index.php/koedoe/article/view/1010 |
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