A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012

Sutherland, William J.; Aveling, Ros; Bennun, Leon; Chapman, Eleanor; Clout, Mick; Côte, Isabelle M.; Depledge, Michael H.; Dicks, Lynn V.; Dobson, Andrew P.; Fellman, Liz; Fleishman, Erica; Gibbons, David W.; Keim, Brandon; Lickorish, Fiona; Lindenmayer, David B.; Monk, Kathryn A.; Norris, Kenneth; Peck, Lloyd ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-6791; Prior, Stephanie V.; Scharlemann, Jörn P.W.; Spalding, Mark; Watkinson, Andrew R.. 2012 A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 27 (1). 12-18. 10.1016/j.tree.2011.10.011

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Abstract/Summary

Our aim in conducting annual horizon scans is to identify issues that, although currently receiving little attention, may be of increasing importance to the conservation of biological diversity in the future. The 15 issues presented here were identified by a diverse team of 22 experts in horizon scanning, and conservation science and its application. Methods for identifying and refining issues were the same as in two previous annual scans and are widely transferable to other disciplines. The issues highlight potential changes in climate, technology and human behaviour. Examples include warming of the deep sea, increased cultivation of perennial grains, burning of Arctic tundra, and the development of nuclear batteries and hydrokinetic instream turbines.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.tree.2011.10.011
Programmes:	BAS Programmes > Polar Science for Planet Earth (2009 - ) > Ecosystems
ISSN:	0169-5347
Date made live:	05 Mar 2012 12:08 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/17075

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