Journal article
A Horizon Scan of Global Conservation Issues for 2016
William J Sutherland, Steven Broad, Jacqueline Caine, Mick Clout, Lynn V Dicks, Helen Doran, Abigail C Entwistle, Erica Fleishman, David W Gibbons, Brandon Keim, Becky LeAnstey, Fiona A Lickorish, Paul Markillie, Kathryn A Monk, Diana Mortimer, Nancy Ockendon, James W Pearce-Higgins, Lloyd S Peck, Jules Pretty, Johan Rockstrom Show all
Trends in Ecology and Evolution | Elsevier | Published : 2016
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Abstract
This paper presents the results of our seventh annual horizon scan, in which we aimed to identify issues that could have substantial effects on global biological diversity in the future, but are not currently widely well known or understood within the conservation community. Fifteen issues were identified by a team that included researchers, practitioners, professional horizon scanners, and journalists. The topics include use of managed bees as transporters of biological control agents, artificial superintelligence, electric pulse trawling, testosterone in the aquatic environment, building artificial oceanic islands, and the incorporation of ecological civilization principles into government..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This is an exercise of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative and was funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. We thank the large number of individuals who suggested issues or responded to questions. For suggesting issues that in some form are included in this paper, we thank Jeremy Clifford (changing costs of energy storage and consumption models), Jason Dinsdale (increasing aquatic concentrations of testosterone), Annewieke Vroom (the idea on which ecological civilization policies in China was based), Victoria Price (passive acoustic monitoring), Jean-Louis Ecochard (one of those who suggested artificial superintelligence), and Jennifer Wickens and Victoria Wickens (use of managed bees as vectors). Nibedita Mukherjee documented and made useful contributions to the meeting discussion. W.J.S. is funded by Arcadia.