A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity

Sutherland, William J.; Butchart, Stuart H.M.; Connor, Ben; Culshaw, Caroline; Dicks, Lynn V.; Dinsdale, Jason; Doran, Helen; Entwistle, Abigail C.; Fleishman, Erica; Gibbons, David W.; Jiang, Zhigang; Keim, Brandon; Roux, Xavier Le; Lickorish, Fiona A.; Markillie, Paul; Monk, Kathryn A.; Mortimer, Diana; Pearce-Higgins, James W.; Peck, Lloyd S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-6791; Pretty, Jules; Seymour, Colleen L.; Spalding, Mark D.; Tonneijck, Femke H.; Gleave, Rosalind A.. 2018 A 2018 Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation and Biological Diversity. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 33 (1). 47-58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.11.006

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.11.006

Abstract/Summary

This is our ninth annual horizon scan to identify emerging issues that we believe could affect global biological diversity, natural capital and ecosystem services, and conservation efforts. Our diverse and international team, with expertise in horizon scanning, science communication, as well as conservation science, practice, and policy, reviewed 117 potential issues. We identified the 15 that may have the greatest positive or negative effects but are not yet well recognised by the global conservation community. Themes among these topics include new mechanisms driving the emergence and geographic expansion of diseases, innovative biotechnologies, reassessments of global change, and the development of strategic infrastructure to facilitate global economic priorities.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.11.006
ISSN:	01695347
Additional Keywords:	futures, novel issues, predictions, environment, climate change, emerging disease, biotechnology
Date made live:	18 Jan 2018 09:33 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518993

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2017.11.006

ISSN:

01695347

Additional Keywords:

futures, novel issues, predictions, environment, climate change, emerging disease, biotechnology

Date made live:

18 Jan 2018 09:33 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518993