Policy Advocacy in Science: Prevalence, Perspectives, and Implications for Conservation Biologists

Various aspects related to the prevalence, perspectives, and implications for conservations biologists were discussed. It was observed that three hundred and five questionnaires about advocacy in science were completed. Over 70% of respondents thought Conservation biology articles advocated policy preferences. These results suggested that conservation scientists perceived advocacy as pervasive in the research literature review, which was consistent with the results from the literature review. The percentage of respondents who indicated that policy advocacy should be included was higher for Conservation In practice. Comments that supplemented negative response included that implications of alternative policy should be addressed and that conservation considerations can easily be written without advocacy by clarifying outcomes of practices and speaking to priorities.