Comments on: Look forward to 2020. What will the most significant ecological issues be? http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/09/15/look-forward-to-2020-what-will-the-most-significant-ecological-issues-be/ Advancing ecology and making it count Mon, 20 May 2013 14:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jonathan http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/09/15/look-forward-to-2020-what-will-the-most-significant-ecological-issues-be/#comment-4284 Jonathan Sat, 01 Oct 2011 10:14:15 +0000 http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2192#comment-4284 Kelly’s above surely has to be one of the priorities especially as agroecosystems and the biomes in which they are embedded are among the most productive terrestrially.

Look at the IPCC 2007 areas of crop production and grazing and then look at the IPCC 2007 areas of the world due to have the greatest temeperaturee and water regimen change and there is a _major_ overlap!!!

In addition, managing biomes to anticipate climate succession to minimise the transient atmospheric carbbon dump that we get with all carbon isotope excursion (CIE) events has to be looked at even if it is controversial (it will mean spoecies translocation). The BES at the very least needs to consider this.

(I will be raising this in the next edition of my _Climate Change: Biological & Human Aspects_ from Cambridge U. Press.)

]]> By: Kelly Martinou http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/09/15/look-forward-to-2020-what-will-the-most-significant-ecological-issues-be/#comment-4283 Kelly Martinou Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:33:04 +0000 http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2192#comment-4283 Focus should be placed on agroecosystems and biodioversity and ecosystem services provided from cultivated land. In order to presernve and enhanve biodiversity, practices such as biological control shoud be encouraged globally. Ecologists should be more involved in this type of systems and use holistic approaches examining each agroecosystem from every aspect (pests, diseases, beneficials, other biodiversity, economic benefits etc, pollution…)

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