1. Making a difference in conservation : linking science -- 2. Working in government: conservation research, policyand practice -- Parat I dentifying priorities and collatingthe evidence -- 3. Scanning horizons in research, policy and practice -- 4. Generating, collating and using evidence for conservation -- 5. Understanding local resource users’ behaviour, perspectives and priorities to underpin conservation practice -- 6. Mobilisation of indigenous and local knowledge as a source of useable evidence for conservation partnerships -- 7. Informing conservation decisions through evidence synthesis and communication -- 8. Aligning evidence for use in decisions : mechanisms to link collated evidence to the needs of policy-makers and practitioners -- Part II : influencing and making decisions -- 9. The use of evidence in decision-making by practitioners -- 10. Effective engagement of conservation scientists with decision-makers -- 11. Conservation decisions in the face of uncertainty -- 12. The natural capital approach to integrating science, economics and policy into decisions affecting the natural environment