It is widely accepted that nature conservation practice benefits from incorporating scientific evidence into decision-making. However, even when the evidence is already collated, the task of applying evidence to all of the decisions undertaken by conservation professionals can seem overwhelming. The apparent magnitude of this task may deter individuals and organisations from applying evidence-based conservation. Our aim here is to create a framework to enable organisations to create a strategy for scientific evidence use appropriate for the range of decisions required and the time allocated. We illustrate this framework by showing how two conservation organisations used this approach to plan their evidence-based decision making.

人们广泛接受自然保护实践得益于将科学证据纳入决策过程。但是，即使证据已经整理好，将证据应用到保护专业人员所做的所有决定中的任务似乎也很繁重。这项任务的明显规模可能会阻止个人和组织实施基于证据的保护。我们的目的是创建一个框架，使组织能够为所需的决策范围和时间分配合适的科学证据使用策略。我们通过展示两个保护组织如何使用这种方法来计划其基于证据的决策来说明该框架。