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Use when sharpening the conservation significance and actionable implications of a Conservation Biology manuscript. The journal requires results to have direct, transferable implications for conserving biological diversity and to bridge science and practice. Frames the so-what and the recommendations; it does not overstate evidence or fabricate impact.

When to use

• Drafting the final paragraph of the Introduction
• Drafting the implications part of the Discussion
• Translating a statistical result into a management or policy recommendation
• Deciding whether the framing fits an Essay or Conservation Practice and Policy
• Building the conservation argument
• Applying the actionability test
• Applying the proportionality ladder
• Executing an operating pass for Conservation Biology

When not to use

• Overstating evidence
• Fabricating impact
• Policy mandates built on correlational or single-site evidence
• Implications that only apply to the study system
• Borrowing a stronger verb than the design supports
• Ignoring tradeoffs, costs, or social dimensions
• Overstating certainty of projections

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