TY - JOUR
T1 - A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012
AU - Sutherland, William J.
AU - Aveling, Ros
AU - Bennun, Leon
AU - Chapman, Eleanor
AU - Clout, Mick
AU - Côté, Isabelle M.
AU - Depledge, Michael H.
AU - Dicks, Lynn V.
AU - Dobson, Andrew P.
AU - Fellman, Liz
AU - Fleishman, Erica
AU - Gibbons, David W.
AU - Keim, Brandon
AU - Lickorish, Fiona
AU - Lindenmayer, David B.
AU - Monk, Kathryn A.
AU - Norris, Kenneth
AU - Peck, Lloyd S.
AU - Prior, Stephanie V.
AU - Scharlemann, Jörn P.W.
AU - Spalding, Mark
AU - Watkinson, Andrew R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This is an activity of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative and we thank the steering group for useful comments. The UK Natural Environment Research Council, European Centre for Environment and Human Health and RSPB provided funding. We thank many individuals for their valuable contributions to the issue collection exercise, including Lisa Williams, Jean-Louis Ecochard, Sasha Gennet and Frank Lowenstein of The Nature Conservancy, Sarah Bardsley of the Environment Agency and Tony Whitten of Fauna and Flora International, who suggested topics included here. W.J.S. is supported by the Arcadia Fund. E.F. acknowledges support from the Kresge Foundation. The views expressed here are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the organisations. We thank the referee and editor for their remarkable efficiency.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - 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 in-stream turbines.
AB - 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 in-stream turbines.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.tree.2011.10.011
DO - 10.1016/j.tree.2011.10.011
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22133790
AN - SCOPUS:84455172333
SN - 0169-5347
VL - 27
SP - 12
EP - 18
JO - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
JF - Trends in Ecology and Evolution
IS - 1
ER -