A horizon scan of global conservation issues for 2014

• Published in: Trends in ecology & evolution (Amsterdam) Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 15 - 22
• Main Authors: Sutherland, William J., Aveling, Rosalind, Brooks, Thomas M., Clout, Mick, Dicks, Lynn V., Fellman, Liz, Fleishman, Erica, Gibbons, David W., Keim, Brandon, Lickorish, Fiona, Monk, Kathryn A., Mortimer, Diana, Peck, Lloyd S., Pretty, Jules, Rockström, Johan, Rodríguez, Jon Paul, Smith, Rebecca K., Spalding, Mark D., Tonneijck, Femke H., Watkinson, Andrew R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Publishers
• Subjects: amphibians; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; carbon markets; Climate Change; Communicable Diseases - transmission; Conservation of Natural Resources - trends; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; diseases; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; fungi; future; General aspects; horizon scan; Introduced Species; invasive species; macroalgae; priority setting; probiotics; Review; scanners; snakes; therapeutics; diseases; horizon scan; future; climate change; priority setting; Conservation

•This is the fifth in our annual series of horizon scans published in TREE.•We identify 15 issues that we considered insufficiently known by the conservation community.•These cover a wide range of issues. Four relate to climate change, two to invasives and two to disease spread.•This exercise has be...