Conservacion Biologica

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One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity
W. J. SUTHERLAND,1 W. M. ADAMS,2 R. B. ARONSON,3 R. AVELING,4 T. M. BLACKBURN,5 ˆ ´ S. BROAD,6 G. CEBALLOS,7 I. M. COTE,8 R. M. COWLING,9 G. A. B. DA FONSECA,10 11 12 E. DINERSTEIN, P. J. FERRARO, E. FLEISHMAN,13 C. GASCON,14 M. HUNTER JR.,15 J. HUTTON,16 P. KAREIVA,17 A. KURIA,18 D. W. MACDONALD,19K. MACKINNON,20 F. J. MADGWICK,21 M. B. MASCIA,22 J. MCNEELY,23 E. J. MILNER-GULLAND,24 S. MOON,25 C. G. MORLEY,26 S. NELSON,27 D. OSBORN,28 M. PAI,29 E. C. M. PARSONS,30 L. S. PECK,31 ∗ H. POSSINGHAM,32 S. V. PRIOR,1 A. S. PULLIN,33 M. R. W. RANDS,34 J. RANGANATHAN,35 K. H. REDFORD,36 J. P. RODRIGUEZ,37 F. SEYMOUR,38 J. SOBEL,39 N. S. SODHI,40 ∗∗ A. STOTT,41 K. VANCE-BORLAND,42 AND A. R.WATKINSON43
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Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, United Kingdom, email w.sutherland@zoo.cam.ac.uk 2 Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, United Kingdom 3 International Society for Reef Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, 150 West UniversityBoulevard, Melbourne, FL 32901, U.S.A. 4 Fauna and Flora International, Jupiter House, 4th Floor, Station Road, Cambridge CB1 2JD, United Kingdom 5 Institute of Zoology, the Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NW1 4RY, United Kingdom 6 Traffic International, 219a Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom 7 SCB Austral and Neotropical Americas Section, Instituto de Ecolog´Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, AP 70-275, ıa, Mexico, D.F. 04510, Mexico 8 Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC V5A 1S6, Canada 9 Department of Botany, P.O. Box 77000, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth 6031, South Africa 10 GEF Secretariat, 1818 H Street, NW, MSN G6-602, Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. 11 World Wildlife Fund, 125024th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A. 12 Department of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, P.O. Box 3992, Atlanta, GA 30302-3992, U.S.A. 13 SCB North America Section, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, 735 State Street Suite 300, Santa Barbara, CA 93101, U.S.A. 14 Conservation International, Office of Programs and Science, 2011Crystal Drive Suite 500, Arlington, VA 22202, U.S.A. 15 Department of Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, U.S.A. 16 UNEP-WCMC, 219 Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom 17 The Nature Conservancy, 4722 Latona Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105, U.S.A. 18 Tropical Biology Association, Nature Kenya, P.O. Box 44486, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya 19 Wildlife Conservation Research Unit,University of Oxford, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Oxon OX13 5QL, United Kingdom 20 Environment Department, World Bank, 1818 H Street, Washington, D.C. 20433, U.S.A. 21 Wetlands International, P.O. Box 471, 6700 AL Wageningen, The Netherlands 22 SCB Social Science Working Group, World Wildlife Fund, 1250 24th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037, U.S.A. 23 IUCN, Rue Mauverney 28, Gland 1196,Switzerland 24 Imperial College London, Division of Biology, Silwood Park Campus, Buckhurst Road, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, United Kingdom

∗ Current address: Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1AG, United Kingdom ∗∗ Current address: Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), Monkstone House, City Road,Peterborough PE1 1JY, United Kingdom. Paper submitted October 19, 2008; revised manuscript accepted January 12, 2009

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Conservation Biology, Volume **, No. *, ***–*** C 2009 Society for Conservation Biology DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01212.x

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Cambridge Conservation Initiative, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street,...