title: Conservation without borders: building communication and action across disciplinary boundaries for effective conservation.
abstract: Interdisciplinary approaches to conservation research and environmental management continue to garner interest among practitioners, academics, and students. Yet, cases of practitioners and researchers from different disciplines successfully working in concert towards an integrated conservation approach are rare. What is preventing practitioners of multiple disciplines from harmoniously working together? Why are practitioners and academics struggling to apply their graduate training to real world conservation? What is preventing the benefits of cooperation and partnerships between different disciplines addressing conservation from being realized? This special issue "Conservation without Borders: Building Communication and Action across Disciplinary Boundaries for Effective Conservation" asks readers to consider the numerous interpretations and implications of the phrase "Conservation without Borders" and to reflect on how different academic and disciplinary lenses can contribute to a more integrated approach to tackling conservation challenges. The articles that comprise this special issue offer readers insights into the ways in which different disciplines view conservation work and interdisciplinary approaches to environmental problems. Bringing these perspectives and approaches together in one place is a step towards improving communication across disciplines for the purpose of achieving more successful biodiversity conservation.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Tropical Ecology and Conservation, Antioch University New England, and Antioch New England Institute, Keene, NH 03431, USA. smargles@tnc.org
authors.forename: Shawn W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Margles
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Peterson
authors.forename: Jamison
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ervin
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Kaplin
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources / Q000379:methods*; D004777:Environment; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication