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Human ImpactsChesapeake Bay Watershed Public Attitude and Behavior SurveyIntegrating Socioeconomics into Gap AnalysisOpportunities and Barriers for Gap Analysis UtilizationSocioeconomic Feasibility of Elk Restoration in VirginiaChesapeake Bay Program Fish Consumption Advisories ProjectCenter for Human-Wildlife Conflict ResolutionHorseshoe Crab Research Center

Opportunities and Barriers for Gap Analysis Utilization by Decision Makers

Gap analysis provides valuable sources of biological information to natural resource managers, however, very few conservation agencies are taking full advantage of this program. We explored this issue through a series of mail questionnaires to potential GAP data users and follow-up focus group meetings. Completed November, 2003. View the Full Report here.

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Opportunities and Barriers to GAP Implementation: A Review and Analysis
Description: The primary goal of the Gap Analysis Program (GAP) is to provide information and protocols to conservationists and help them make wise and effective decisions. The information provided by GAP, including land cover information, predicted species distributions, species richness indices, and land stewardship maps are invaluable building blocks of an effective and efficient conservation initiative. In this sense, GAP has met its objectives admirably. However, there exists a disconnect between the data provision and the data application – between the products of GAP and the natural resources managers for whom they were meant. Simply put, GAP data are not being used by managers to their fullest potential. The question we asked and sought to answer in this project was “Why?”
Resource Type: Journal Articles
Resource Format: PDF
Publisher: Conservation Management Institute, Virginia Tech, College of Natural Resources