Hossain, MS;
Pogue, SJ;
Trenchard, L;
Van Oudenhoven, APE;
Washbourne, CL;
Muiruri, EW;
Tomczyk, AM;
... Resende, F; + view all
(2018)
Identifying future research directions for biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability: perspectives from early-career researchers.
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
, 25
(3)
pp. 249-261.
10.1080/13504509.2017.1361480.
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Abstract
We aimed to identify priority research questions in the field of biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability (BESS), based on a workshop held during the NRG BESS Conference for Early Career Researchers on BESS, and to compare these to existing horizon scanning exercises. This work highlights the need for improved data availability through collaboration and knowledge exchange, which, in turn, can support the integrated valuation and sustainable management of ecosystems in response to global change. In addition, clear connectivity among different research themes in this field further emphasizes the need to consider a wider range of topics simultaneously to ensure the sustainable management of ecosystems for human wellbeing. In contrast to other horizon scanning exercises, our focus was more interdisciplinary and more concerned with the limits of sustainability and dynamic relationships between social and ecological systems. The identified questions could provide a framework for researchers, policy makers, funding agencies and the private sector to advance knowledge in biodiversity and ES research and to develop and implement policies to enable sustainable future development.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Identifying future research directions for biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability: perspectives from early-career researchers |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13504509.2017.1361480 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1080/13504509.2017.1361480 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Biodiversity, ecosystem services, early career researchers, future research and interdisciplinary, sustainability |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > STEaPP |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1571079 |
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