A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2024

Sutherland, William J.; Bennett, Craig; Brotherton, Peter N.M.; Butchart, Stuart H.M.; Butterworth, Holly M.; Clarke, Stewart J.; Esmail, Nafeesa; Fleishman, Erica; Gaston, Kevin J.; Herbert-Read, James E.; Hughes, Alice C.; James, Jennifer; Kaartokallio, Hermanni; Le Roux, Xavier; Lickorish, Fiona A.; Newport, Sarah; Palardy, James E.; Pearce-Higgins, James W.; Peck, Lloyd S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3479-6791; Pettorelli, Nathalie; Primack, Richard B.; Primack, Willow E.; Schloss, Irene R.; Spalding, Mark D.; ten Brink, Dirk; Tew, Eleanor; Timoshyna, Anastasiya; Tubbs, Nicolas; Watson, James E.M.; Wentworth, Jonathan; Wilson, Jeremy D.; Thornton, Ann. 2024 A horizon scan of global biological conservation issues for 2024. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 39 (1). 89-100. 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.001

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Abstract/Summary

We present the results of our 15th horizon scan of novel issues that could influence biological conservation in the future. From an initial list of 96 issues, our international panel of scientists and practitioners identified 15 that we consider important for societies worldwide to track and potentially respond to. Issues are novel within conservation or represent a substantial positive or negative step-change with global or regional extents. For example, new sources of hydrogen fuel and changes in deep-sea currents may have profound impacts on marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Technological advances that may be positive include benchtop DNA printers and the industrialisation of approaches that can create high-protein food from air, potentially reducing the pressure on land for food production.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.001
ISSN:	01695347
Additional Keywords:	global, Delphi, biodiversity, policymaker, practitioner, scientist
Date made live:	29 Dec 2023 09:23 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536551

Item Type:

Publication - Article

Digital Object Identifier (DOI):

10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.001

ISSN:

01695347

Additional Keywords:

global, Delphi, biodiversity, policymaker, practitioner, scientist

Date made live:

29 Dec 2023 09:23 +0 (UTC)

URI:

https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/536551