Despite unprecedented knowledge of conservation science, loss of biodiversity continues on a global scale. In this study, we investigate how choices are exercised where science, local and traditional knowledge come together for conservation decision-making. Our case study is the Palau Protected Areas Network, a program established to support conservation in the Pacific island nation of Palau. We apply a framework based on the concept of knowledge governance to explore the rules and norms that shape the relationships between knowledge and decision-making across both customary and Western-styled institutional lines. The major practical implications from this study are that: (1) there are internal and external audiences for Palauan conservation, (2) these audiences are associated with different expectations around what makes knowledge a legitimate basis for action, (3) the current conservation system operates in parallel, with science informing largely external audience and local and traditional knowledge speaking more directly to internal audiences and (4) this parallel system is likely to come under increasing pressure as the audiences for conservation change.

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帕劳的保护决策：科学和传统生态知识并行工作的一个例子

尽管对保护科学有了前所未有的了解，生物多样性的丧失仍在全球范围内继续存在。在这项研究中，我们调查了如何在科学、地方和传统知识结合起来进行保护决策的情况下进行选择。我们的案例研究是帕劳保护区网络，该计划旨在支持太平洋岛国帕劳的保护。我们应用基于知识治理概念的框架来探索在习惯和西方式制度路线上塑造知识与决策之间关系的规则和规范。本研究的主要实际意义在于：(1) 帕劳保护有内部和外部受众，