A Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues for 2020.

Sutherland, William J.; Dias, Maria P.; Dicks, Lynn V.; Doran, Helen; Entwistle, Abigail C.; Fleishman, Erica; Gibbons, David W.; Hails, Rosie; Hughes, Alice C.; Hughes, Jonathan; Kelman, Ruth; Le Roux, Xavier; LeAnstey, Becky; Lickorish, Fiona A.; Maggs, Luke; Pearce-Higgins, James W.; Peck, Lloyd S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-6791; Pettorelli, Nathalie; Pretty, Jules; Spalding, Mark D.; Tonneijck, Femke H.; Wentworth, Jonathan; Thornton, Ann. 2020 A Horizon Scan of Emerging Global Biological Conservation Issues for 2020. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 35 (1). 81-90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.10.010

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Abstract/Summary

In this horizon scan, we highlight 15 emerging issues of potential relevance to global conservation in 2020. Seven relate to potentially extensive changes in vegetation or ecological systems. These changes are either relatively new, for example, conversion of kelp forests to simpler macroalgal systems, or may occur in the future, for example, as a result of the derivation of nanocelluose from wood or the rapid expansion of small hydropower schemes. Other topics highlight potential changes in national legislation that may have global effect on international agreements. Our panel of 23 scientists and practitioners selected these issues using a modified version of the Delphi technique from a long-list of 89 potential topics.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.10.010
ISSN:	01695347
Additional Keywords:	Delphi, global biological conservation, Horizon scan
Date made live:	06 Jan 2020 12:23 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/526357

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