Since 2009, the Cambridge Conservation Initiative has coordinated an annual horizon scan, a well-established method for predicting which threats, changes and technologies will have the greatest impact on biological conservation in the coming year. This year, on the 15th The horizon scan involved 31 scientists, practitioners and policymakers who developed a list of 96 issues, which they eventually narrowed down to the fifteen most recent and compelling. Their findings, published in the journal Trends in Evolution & Ecology December 18 includes topics related to sustainable energy, declining invertebrate populations, and changing marine ecosystems. (Cell Press).

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