Authors
William J Sutherland, Rosalind Aveling, Thomas M Brooks, Mick Clout, Lynn V Dicks, Liz Fellman, Erica Fleishman, David W Gibbons, Brandon Keim, Fiona Lickorish, Kathryn A Monk, Diana Mortimer, Lloyd S Peck, Jules Pretty, Johan Rockström, Jon Paul Rodríguez, Rebecca K Smith, Mark D Spalding, Femke H Tonneijck, Andrew R Watkinson
Publication date
2014/1/1
Source
Trends in ecology & evolution
Volume
29
Issue
1
Pages
15-22
Publisher
Elsevier
Description
This paper presents the output of our fifth annual horizon-scanning exercise, which aims to identify topics that increasingly may affect conservation of biological diversity, but have yet to be widely considered. A team of professional horizon scanners, researchers, practitioners, and a journalist identified 15 topics which were identified via an iterative, Delphi-like process. The 15 topics include a carbon market induced financial crash, rapid geographic expansion of macroalgal cultivation, genetic control of invasive species, probiotic therapy for amphibians, and an emerging snake fungal disease.
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