Disparity between the knowledge produced and knowledge required to address complex environmental challenges, such as biodiversity conservation and climate adaptation, continues to grow. Systems thinking under the Open Standards for Conservation framework can help close this gap by facilitating interdisciplinary engagement, advancing conversations on how environmental systems work, and identifying actions that could be implemented to achieve defined conservation goals. Here, we present a modelling exercise for one of the most endangered forested systems in the world: The Gran Chaco. We focus on unsustainable hunting, a pressing threat to this system. We highlight knowledge gaps that underpin all parts of an adaptive management process from understanding key relationships in social-ecological systems to design and implementation of strategies for Gran Chaco conservation as well as evaluation of outcomes.

所产生的知识与应对复杂的环境挑战（如生物多样性保护和气候适应）所需的知识之间的差距继续扩大。开放性保护标准框架下的系统思考可以通过促进跨学科的参与，推进有关环境系统如何工作的对话以及确定可以为实现既定保护目标而采取的行动来帮助缩小这一差距。在这里，我们介绍了针对世界上最濒危的森林系统之一的建​​模练习：Gran Chaco。我们专注于不可持续的狩猎，这是对该系统的紧迫威胁。