title: A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2012.
abstract: 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.
authors: Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, Cambridge University, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EJ, UK. w.sutherland@zoo.cam.ac.uk
authors: William J
authors: WJ
authors: Sutherland
authors: Ros
authors: R
authors: Aveling
authors: Leon
authors: L
authors: Bennun
authors: Eleanor
authors: E
authors: Chapman
authors: Mick
authors: M
authors: Clout
authors: Isabelle M
authors: IM
authors: Côté
authors: Michael H
authors: MH
authors: Depledge
authors: Lynn V
authors: LV
authors: Dicks
authors: Andrew P
authors: AP
authors: Dobson
authors: Liz
authors: L
authors: Fellman
authors: Erica
authors: E
authors: Fleishman
authors: David W
authors: DW
authors: Gibbons
authors: Brandon
authors: B
authors: Keim
authors: Fiona
authors: F
authors: Lickorish
authors: David B
authors: DB
authors: Lindenmayer
authors: Kathryn A
authors: KA
authors: Monk
authors: Kenneth
authors: K
authors: Norris
authors: Lloyd S
authors: LS
authors: Peck
authors: Stephanie V
authors: SV
authors: Prior
authors: Jörn P W
authors: JP
authors: Scharlemann
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Spalding
authors: Andrew R
authors: AR
authors: Watkinson
mesh_terms: D044822:Biodiversity; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources