﻿Transdisciplinary deficit in large carnivore conservation funding in Europe

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Introduction

Transdisciplinarity and the transdisciplinary deficit

Key drivers of transdisciplinary deficit

Project and implementation team related drivers
- Narrow and/or preferential stakeholder selection
- Superficial involvement of stakeholders
- Failure to build on local social innovations
- Monopoly of conservation projects by powerful leaders
- Short project timeframes
Stakeholder-profile related drivers
- Low participation of key stakeholders
- Powerful local groups
Institution related drivers
- Lack of cross-sectorial coordination
- Institutional/sectoral conflicts
Funding related drivers
- Limitations on partnership possibilities by donors
- Co-financing and/or cash flow requirements by funding programmes
Ontological and epistemological drivers
- Lack of transdisciplinary training in academia

Contribution of conservation funding to human-large carnivore coexistence

Gaps in funding transdisciplinary actions

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