Reflecting Management Priorities In Research Data

Poster summarising findings of a 2014-15 study, Communicating Wildlife Research in Northern Botswana, carried out as part of Stellenbosch University CREST PhD in Science and Technology Studies. Presented at Africa Rising conference, Africa Rising: Mobilising Biodiversity Data for Sustainable Development, which took place in Cape Town, South Africa from 19 to 22 May 2015. Data collected and used in current wildlife research in northern Botswana appears to increasingly reflect the priorities of the country’s principal wildlife steward, the DWNP. While available open data is well used, development of local repositories needed to facilitate the broader scale analysis identified as a need by the Department of Wildlife and National Park’s new strategic plan is limited, supported mainly by short-term project funding. This needs to be remedied to ensure the applicability of research findings to effective wildlife management.

本海报概述了2014-2015年开展的《博茨瓦纳北部野生动物研究传播》（Communicating Wildlife Research in Northern Botswana）研究成果，该研究为斯泰伦博斯大学（Stellenbosch University）CREST科学技术研究博士项目的组成部分。此海报于2015年5月19日至22日在南非开普敦举行的“非洲崛起：为可持续发展动员生物多样性数据”（Africa Rising: Mobilising Biodiversity Data for Sustainable Development）会议上展示。博茨瓦纳北部当前野生动物研究中收集与使用的数据，似乎日益反映该国主要野生动物管理机构——野生动物与国家公园部（Department of Wildlife and National Park，简称DWNP）的优先事项。尽管现有开放数据得到充分利用，但地方知识库的开发仍显不足；而此类开发正是DWNP新战略计划中提出的、为促进更大规模分析所需的关键举措，目前主要依赖短期项目资金支持。这一状况亟待改善，以确保研究成果能有效应用于野生动物管理实践。