A Horizon Scan of Emerging Issues for Global Conservation in 2019
Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Sutherland, William J.
Broad, Steven
Butchart, Stuart H.M.
Clarke, Stewart J.
Collins, Alexandra M.
Dicks, Lynn V.
Doran, Helen
Esmail, Nafeesa
Fleishman, Erica
Frost, Nicola
Gaston, Kevin J.
Gibbons, David W.
Hughes, Alice C.
Jiang, Zhigang
Kelman, Ruth
LeAnstey, Becky
le Roux, Xavier
Lickorish, Fiona A.
Monk, Kathryn A.
Mortimer, Diana
Pearce-Higgins, James W.
Peck, Lloyd S.
Pettorelli, Nathalie
Pretty, Jules
Seymour, Colleen L.
Spalding, Mark D.
Wentworth, Jonathan
Ockendon, Nancy
Date published
January 2019
Abstract
We present the results of our tenth annual horizon scan. We identified 15 emerging priority topics that may have major positive or negative effects on the future conservation of global biodiversity, but currently have low awareness within the conservation community. We hope to increase research and policy attention on these areas, improving the capacity of the community to mitigate impacts of potentially negative issues, and maximise the benefits of issues that provide opportunities. Topics include advances in crop breeding, which may affect insects and land use; manipulations of natural water flows and weather systems on the Tibetan Plateau; release of carbon and mercury from melting polar ice and thawing permafrost; new funding schemes and regulations; and land-use changes across Indo-Malaysia.
Funder
| Funder name | Awards |
Natural Environment Research Council | |
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds | |
Arcadia | |
BiodivERsA | |
South African National Research Foundation | |
Basic Science Special Project of MOST | CAS NOXDA19050204 |
Journal title
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Volume
34
Issue
1
Publisher
Elsevier BV
ISSN
0169-5347
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Rights statement
In Copyright