Although some countries in Europe and Central Asia, for example, produced second-generation national biodiversity strategies and action plans in the early 2000s through participatory processes (Moreno & Mueller, 2015; CBD, 2016d), there remains a considerable gap in addressing issues of public involvement, in particular concerning gender equality and women’s empowerment, as well as the participation of indigenous peoples. Indigenous and local knowledge of biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people in conservation policy and management is not sufficiently taken into consideration despite the recognition of the importance of, for instance, traditional farming (European Commission, 2014a; Rou. & Moln.r, 2017). Furthermore, linkages between science and policy, and between science and society, can be strengthened in this context (Arlettaz et al., 2010; Buizer et al., 2011; Mih.k et al., 2015; Pullin et al., 2009).