WP1 Tasks, papers and next meetings

WP1-Tasks Mid June – Mid July France End of interviews and analysis of surveys for the 3 measures. Mid June – Mid September (?) Brazil Surveys and interviews undertaken in the studied area The Atlantic Rain Forest (Maria-Jose & Rejan). South Africa Surveys and interviews undertaken in the studied area The Great Cederberg Biodiversity Corridor (Nicky & Franck).

Measure 1 - Sustainable Farming Contracts (CAD) Questionnaire (done) End of interviews (the 3 regions to be contacted) Study the literature review (in progress from a database with keywords). Audrey Boisron and Anne Surault students (Dir. Agnès Ricroch)

Measure 2 - Buffer stripes or environmental grassland stripe (BCAE) Questionnaire (done) Interviews (in progress) Study the literature review (scientific, popularization literature) Anne Thurneyssen (June-August) (Dir. Françoise Burel and Jacques Baudry)

Measure 3 - Protected areas Questionnaire (done) Interviews WP1 (in progress, one) and WP3 (in July) Carine Lecoeur (April-August) (Dir. Aurélie Trouvé and Patrick Bonnafous)

What about interviews at the National and EU levels in France? Are the students involved in these interviews? Literature analysis has to be done. In relation with WP2? Identification of the ‘scientific’ knowledge: - the literature used by the redactor - the literature available at the moment of the redaction of the measure

WP1- Papers Questions to address? What scientific evidences influence policy decisions which involve ecological matters (biodiversity and agriculture management)? a case-study in France idem: a case-study in Brazil idem: a case-study in South Africa Do conservation managers use scientific evidence to support their decision-making? A comparative approach in France, Brazil and South Africa.

Literature Dasgupta P. (2007). Nature and the economy. Journal of Applied Ecology 44, 475–487 Lawton J.H. (2007). Ecology, politics and policy. Journal of Applied Ecology 44, 465–474 Roberts, P.D. Stewart, G.B. and Pullin A.S. (2006). Are review articles a reliable source of evidence to support conservation and environmental management? A comparison with medicine. Biological Conservation 132, Pullin, A.S. and Knight, T.M. (2005). Assessing conservation management's evidence-base: a survey of management-plan compilers in the United Kingdom and Australia. Conservation Biology 19, Stewart, G.B., Coles, C.F., and Pullin, A.S. (2005). Applying evidence-based practice in conservation management: Lessons from the first systematic review and dissemination projects. Biological Conservation 126, Sutherland, W.J., Pullin, A.S., Dolman, P.M., and Knight, T.M. (2004). Response to Griffiths. Mismatches between conservation science and practice. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19, Pullin, A.S., Knight, T.M., Stone, D.A., and Charman, K. (2004). Do conservation managers use scientific evidence to support their decision-making? Biological Conservation 119, Sutherland, W.J., Pullin, A.S., Dolman, P.M., and Knight, T.M. (2004). The need for evidence-based conservation. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 19, Pullin, A.S. and Knight, T.M. (2003). Support for decision making in conservation practice: an evidence- based approach. Journal of Nature Conservation 11,

Possible International Journals to submit papers: –Biological Conservation (in English) –Journal of Applied Ecology (in English) –Public Understanding of Science (in English) To prepare a draft by the end of 2007? Meeting to be organized? In South Africa in November?

Other papers French Report to send to all persons interviewed (6 pages): by the end of October, 2007? A paper to the French community –In the Journal Natures, Sciences, Société (in French) Courrier de l’environnement, Notes études économiques –A possible draft by the end of October, 2007?

Presentation of WP1 results First Report concerning the adaptation of the EBD method to the three measures. Carine Lecoeur’s Report on Protected area (Dir. Aurélie Trouvé & Patrick Bonnafous) Anne Thurneyssen’s Report on Env. grass stripes (Dir. Françoise Burel & Jacques Baudry) Report and oral presentation of Sustainable Farming Contracts by the Master student Audrey Boisron (Dir. Agnès Ricroch) Interdisciplinary WP2 Meeting Intermediate report (surveys analysis and results) Timetable June nd plenary meeting July 2007 May 2008 Mid August 2007 End August 2007 October October – 6 November 2007

WP1- Next meetings 13th international congress of Methodology, Logic and Philosophy of Science (WP2) August 2007 (Beijing, China) Meeting with all french stakeholders interviewed in WP1 By the end of December 2007? (Paris)