[Biodiversa] Invitation to contribute to Sutherland’s 2021 Horizon Scan for Global conservation and biological diversity

[Biodiversa]

Dear Sir, Dear Madam,

BiodivERsA has been invited to participate in a horizon scan exercise driven by William J. Sutherland to identify emerging issues for Global conservation and biological diversity.

BiodivERsA was already invited the past two years to participate in this exercise. This resulted in having four of the topics suggested through the BiodivERsA channel selected among the final list of the 15 most important emerging issues (one in the 2018 Horizon Scan topics selected among 117 initially proposed - including 5 channelled through BiodivERsA; two in the 2019 Horizon Scan selected among 91 topics - including 5 channelled through BiodivERsA; and two in the 2020 Horizon Scan selected among 89 topics - including 5 channelled through BiodivERsA).

The objective of this exercise (which exists since 2008) is to identify emerging topics that are not yet widely known or understood in the conservation community but that could have substantial effects on biological diversity at a large scale in the medium to long term. The aim of identifying such emerging topics is to focus attention and stimulate debate about these subjects, potentially leading to new research foci, policy developments, or business innovations.

  *   see attachment #1: outputs of the 2020 horizon scan
  *   see attachment #2: list of topics selected since 2008

For the 2021 horizon scan exercise BiodivERsA will collect, select and present a few emerging topics, and we invite you to propose one or several possible topics (keeping your ownership on the topic proposed of course).

Please submit topics that you find particularly relevant for this exercise, together with a short rationale for each (200-250 words max.) explaining (i) the novelty of the issue; (ii) why this topic is important at a global scale, and (iii) to what extent it represents an opportunity or a risk. Please provide key references –peer-reviewed scientific papers, grey literature, websites…- in support of the rationales (see application form<https://forms.gle/pRLfDGj2yWkWL6WV9>).
Please note that issues must be novel, and the implications for the environment must be clear. It is important that issues are not well known, and have not been submitted before, unless there has since been a significant advance in the area. We are looking for issues that most of people have not heard of.
As an example, you will find attached (attachment #3) the template to suggest topics filled in with an already submitted topic that was selected in the 2020 Horizon Scan. This will give you a better idea of what is expected.

If the topic you suggest is selected among the final list of top emerging issues, you will be acknowledged as the source of this topic.

If you want to participate to this exercise, please provide us no later than 2 June 2020 17:00 CEST (local time in Paris) with a topic title and rationale through the following form: https://forms.gle/pRLfDGj2yWkWL6WV9.

Please do not hesitate to contact Xavier Le Roux (xavierleroux at hotmail.fr<mailto:xavierleroux at hotmail.fr>) and Claire Blery (claire.blery at fondationbiodiversite.fr<mailto:claire.blery at fondationbiodiversite.fr>) would you have any question.

Sincerely,

The BiodivERsA Network
For more information on BiodivERsA, click here<http://www.biodiversa.org>
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