Academic Journal
Using the Value of Information to improve conservation decision making
| العنوان: | Using the Value of Information to improve conservation decision making |
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| المؤلفون: | Bolam, Friederike C., Grainger, Matthew J., Mengersen, Kerrie L., Stewart, Gavin B., Sutherland, William J., Runge, Michael C., McGowan, Philip J. K. |
| المصدر: | Biological Reviews ; volume 94, issue 2, page 629-647 ; ISSN 1464-7931 1469-185X |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref) |
| الوصف: | Conservation decisions are challenging, not only because they often involve difficult conflicts among outcomes that people value, but because our understanding of the natural world and our effects on it is fraught with uncertainty. Value of Information (VoI) methods provide an approach for understanding and managing uncertainty from the standpoint of the decision maker. These methods are commonly used in other fields (e.g. economics, public health) and are increasingly used in biodiversity conservation. This decision‐analytical approach can identify the best management alternative to select where the effectiveness of interventions is uncertain, and can help to decide when to act and when to delay action until after further research. We review the use of VoI in the environmental domain, reflect on the need for greater uptake of VoI, particularly for strategic conservation planning, and suggest promising areas for new research. We also suggest common reporting standards as a means of increasing the leverage of this powerful tool. The environmental science, ecology and biodiversity categories of the Web of Knowledge were searched using the terms ‘Value of Information,’ ‘Expected Value of Perfect Information,’ and the abbreviation ‘EVPI.’ Google Scholar was searched with the same terms, and additionally the terms decision and biology, biodiversity conservation, fish, or ecology. We identified 1225 papers from these searches. Included studies were limited to those that showed an application of VoI in biodiversity conservation rather than simply describing the method. All examples of use of VOI were summarised regarding the application of VoI, the management objectives, the uncertainties, the models used, how the objectives were measured, and the type of VoI. While the use of VoI appears to be on the increase in biodiversity conservation, the reporting of results is highly variable, which can make it difficult to understand the decision context and which uncertainties were considered. Moreover, it was unclear ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1111/brv.12471 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12471 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fbrv.12471 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/brv.12471 |
| Rights: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.B6B0ACA8 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1111/brv.12471 |
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