Priority Questions and Horizon Scanning for Conservation: A Comparative Study.

ABSTRACT: Several projects aimed at identifying priority issues for conservation with high relevance to policy have recently been completed in several countries. Two major types of projects have been undertaken, aimed at identifying (i) policy-relevant questions most imperative to conservation and (ii) horizon scanning topics, defined as emerging issues that are expected to have substantial implications for biodiversity conservation and policy in the future. Here, we provide the first overview of the outcomes of biodiversity and conservation-oriented projects recently completed around the world using this framework. We also include the results of the first questions and horizon scanning project completed for a Mediterranean country. Overall, the outcomes of the different projects undertaken (at the

SUBMITTER: Kark S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4729468 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature