CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE
The objective of the Sutherland’s Horizon Scan is to identify topics that are novel/emerging (i.e. clearly not yet widely known 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, business innovations, management plans, etc.
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 been a significant advance in the area since. We are looking for issues that most of people have not heard of.

For instance, topics selected recently included:
* Thiamine Deficiency as a Possible Driver of Wildlife Population Declines
* Geographic Expansion of Chronic Wasting Disease
* Effect of Culturomics on Conservation Science, Policy, and Action
* Potential Effects on Wildlife of Increases in Electromagnetic Radiation
* US Government Decision not to Regulate Gene-Edited Plants
* Effect on Insects of Transgenic Oilseed Crops that Produce Omega-3 Fatty Acids
* Development of Fisheries in the Mesopelagic Zone
* Innovative Insurance Products to Share Costs and Benefits of Protecting Natural Assets
DO NOT PROPOSE TOPICS WHICH MOSTLY DIRECT CALLS FOR NEW RESEARCH, SUCH AS:
* Understanding the dynamics of plankton diversity in alkaline tropical lagoons
* Evaluating the socio-economic drivers of biodiversity loss in boreal forests


HOW TO APPLY?
Submit topics that you find particularly relevant for this exercise, together with short rationales using this form.
Please make sure to fill in the different sections of the template below and please note that the maximal length of the rationales is 200-250 words.


WHEN TO APPLY?
The deadline to submit a topic is 8 June 2020, 17:00 CEST (local time in Paris)