1. A collaboratively derived environmental research agenda for Galapagos
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Alberto Vélez, Arturo Izurieta, Patricia Jaramillo, Godfrey Merlen, Lucía Norris-Crespo, Mario Piu, Santiago Verdesoto, Byron Teran, David Carranza, Marilyn Cruz, Nicolas Moity, Mireya Pozo, Leopoldo Bucheli, Marilú Valverde, Washington Tapia, Mónica Soria, Eliecer Cruz, Paulina Couenberg, René Chumbi, Iván Cedeño, Daniel Endara, Ma. Lorena Brito, Wilson Velásquez, Rafael Bermúdez, Edwin Naula, David Chicaiza, Pelayo Salinas, Simone Belli, Fernando Vissioli, Noemí d’Ozouville, Juan Chávez, Pippa Heylings, Karl J. Campbell, Cesar Viteri-Mejía, Cynthia Gellibert, Francisco Arroba, Edison Mendieta, Mercy Borbor, Giorgio de la Torre, Gonzalo Banda-Cruz, Manuel Peralta, Carla Montalvo, Byron Delgado, James Gibbs, José Pontón, Nicolai Boelling, Cristina de la Guía, Juan Carlos Guzmán, Monica Calvopiña, David Cousseau, Diego Páez-Rosas, Andrew Laurie, M. Veronica Toral-Granda, Gloria Salmoral, Xavier Castro, Mónica Ramos, Jorge Carrión, Milton Aguas, William J. Sutherland, Steve Bayas, Daniel Proaño, Jaime Medina, Ana Rousseaud, Andrés Iglesias, Silvia Saraguro, José Poma, Jimmy Bolaños, Sophia C. Cooke, Josué Vega, Juan Carlos Izurieta, Carla Molina Díaz, Débora Simón-Baile, Stuart Banks, Hernán G. Villarraga, Andrea Vargas, Maria Casafont, Asleigh Klingman, Patricia Leon, Iván Astudillo, Vanessa Garcia, Sandra Chamorro, Marcos Peralvo, Danny Rueda, Diana Bazurto, Jessica Duchicela, Cooke, Sophia [0000-0001-5179-4435], Sutherland, William [0000-0002-6498-0437], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
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0106 biological sciences ,geography ,13 Climate Action ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,business.industry ,Process (engineering) ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,media_common.quotation_subject ,4104 Environmental Management ,Environmental research ,Climate change ,Public relations ,41 Environmental Sciences ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Voting ,Political science ,Archipelago ,Sustainability ,Population growth ,business ,Alien species ,Nature and Landscape Conservation ,media_common - Abstract
Galápagos is one of the most pristine archipelagos in the world and its conservation relies upon research and sensible management. In recent decades both the interest in, and the needs of, the islands have increased, yet the funds and capacity for necessary research have remained limited. It has become, therefore, increasingly important to identify areas of priority research to assist decision-making in Galápagos conservation. This study identified 50 questions considered priorities for future research and management. The exercise involved the collaboration of policy makers, practitioners and researchers from more than 30 different organisations. Initially, 360 people were consulted to generate 781 questions. An established process of preworkshop voting and three rounds to reduce and reword the questions, followed by a two-day workshop, was used to produce the final 50 questions. The most common issues raised by this list of questions were human population growth, climate change and the impact of invasive alien species. These results have already been used by a range of organisations and politicians and are expected to provide the basis for future research on the islands so that its sustainability may be enhanced.
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- 2018
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