%0 Journal Article
%T A collaboratively derived environmental research agenda for Gal¨¢pagos
%A Alberto V¨¦lez
%A Ana Rousseaud
%A Andrea Vargas
%A Andrew Laurie
%A Andr¨¦s Iglesias
%A Arturo Izurieta
%A Asleigh Klingman
%A Byron Delgado
%A Byron Teran
%A Carla Molina D¨ªaz
%A Carla Montalvo
%A Cesar Viteri-Mej¨ªa
%A Cristina de la Gu¨ªa
%A Cynthia Gellibert
%A Daniel Endara
%A Daniel Proa£¿o
%A Danny Rueda
%A David Carranza
%A David Chicaiza
%A David Cousseau
%A Diana Bazurto
%A Diego P¨¢ez-Rosas
%A D¨¦bora Sim¨®n-Baile
%A Edison Mendieta
%A Edwin Naula
%A Eliecer Cruz
%A Fern
%A Francisco Arroba
%A Giorgio de la Torre
%A Gloria Salmoral
%A Godfrey Merlen
%A Gonzalo B
%A Hern¨¢n G. Villarraga
%A Iv¨¢n Astudillo
%A Iv¨¢n Cede£¿o
%A Jaime Medina
%A James Gibbs
%A Jessica Duchicela
%A Jimmy Bola£¿os
%A Jorge Carri¨®n
%A Josu¨¦ Vega
%A Jos¨¦ Poma
%A Jos¨¦ Pont¨®n
%A Juan Carlos Guzm¨¢n
%A Juan Carlos Izurieta
%A Juan Ch¨¢vez
%A Karl Campbell
%A Leopoldo Bucheli
%A Luc¨ªa Norris-Crespo
%A M. Veronica Toral-Gr
%A Ma. Lorena Brito
%A Manuel Peralta
%A Marcos Peralvo
%A Maria Casafont
%A Marilyn Cruz
%A Maril¨² Valverde
%A Mario Piu
%A Mercy Borbor
%A Milton Aguas
%A Mireya Pozo
%A Monica Calvopi£¿a
%A M¨®nica Ramos
%A M¨®nica Soria
%A Nicolai Boelling
%A Nicolas Moity
%A Noem¨ª d¡¯Ozouville
%A Patricia Jaramillo
%A Patricia Leon
%A Paulina Couenberg
%A Pelayo Salinas
%A Pippa Heylings
%A Rafael Berm¨²dez
%A Ren¨¦ Chumbi
%A S
%A Santiago Verdesoto
%A Silvia Saraguro
%A Simone Belli
%A Sophia C. Cooke
%A Steve Bayas
%A Stuart Banks
%A Vanessa Garcia
%A Washington Tapia
%A William J. Sutherl
%A Wilson Vel¨¢squez
%A Xavier Castro
%A a-Cruz
%A o Vissioli
%A ra Chamorro
%J Pacific Conservation Biology
%D 2018
%R 10.1071/PC17053
%X Abstract Gal¨¢pagos 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 Gal¨¢pagos 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.
%U http://www.publish.csiro.au/PC/fulltext/PC17053