4. STUDY METHODS
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The methods for this study comprised of: • Literature review: A literature review was used to capture as much information from sites globally to develop a solid understanding of current and historical discourse on transboundary landscapes. The review sought to explore global transboundary initiatives to look at the challenges and lessons learned from all aspects of transboundary landscapes, including governance, evolution, monitoring, sharing of data, legal and policy issues, impact, and measures of success; • Practitioner survey: A total of 23 transboundary conservation practitioners were surveyed through an online survey and remote interview, to gain insights from their experiences. The practitioners were all from WWF (22 staff) and WildTeam (1), but had experience working with a wide range of stakeholder types through their work. The practitioners represented a total of 16 transboundary landscapes across Asia, Europe, Africa and South America (Table 1); • Practitioner workshop: A workshop to gain further TC
insights from conservation practitioners was held over two days in Hua Hin, Thailand. The workshop was attended by 19 conservation practitioners (Annex 7.2), with all but one having completed the practitioner survey. The workshop was based on a ‘deep dive’ design of problem solving from information gathered from the literature review and practitioner survey. Sessions were made up of group exercises designed to help participants use their experience to identify and generate shared insights and solutions; and • Final report: The study findings from the literature review, practitioner survey and workshop were combined to develop this report and the set of key lessons learned and challenges to inform future TC design and efforts. The source of the information for the content of the results presented below is indicated as coming from the survey (S) or workshop (W). Otherwise, citations are provided where the survey or workshop results are in line with a previous finding in the literature. Any information or guidance provided where the source is not indicated has been added by the authors based on their overview of the information base, combined with their own conservation experiences.
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