| Literature DB >> 31813647 |
William J Sutherland1, Maria P Dias2, Lynn V Dicks3, Helen Doran4, Abigail C Entwistle5, Erica Fleishman6, David W Gibbons7, Rosie Hails8, Alice C Hughes9, Jonathan Hughes10, Ruth Kelman11, Xavier Le Roux12, Becky LeAnstey13, Fiona A Lickorish14, Luke Maggs15, James W Pearce-Higgins16, Lloyd S Peck17, Nathalie Pettorelli18, Jules Pretty19, Mark D Spalding20, Femke H Tonneijck21, Jonathan Wentworth22, Ann Thornton23.
Abstract
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. CrownKeywords: Delphi; Horizon scan; global biological conservation
Year: 2019 PMID： 31813647 DOI： 10.1016/j.tree.2019.10.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Ecol Evol ISSN： 0169-5347 Impact factor: 17.712