Gosh, it’s difficult to keep track of this stuff. There’s been an explosion of “one hundred most important questions facing X” initiatives in the past couple of years. These are the ones I was able to track down, listed in no particular order, but there may be others out there, in which case let us know.
- 100 most important questions facing plant science research.
- Future novel threats and opportunities facing UK biodiversity identified by horizon scanning.
- The identification of 100 ecological questions of high policy relevance in the UK.
- One hundred questions to conserve global biodiversity.
I think the only one we actually blogged about here was the plant science one.
Anyway, I bring all this up because I’ve just heard that Professor Jules Pretty from Essex University is now spearheading an effort to summarize the world’s agricultural challenges down to the top 100 priority questions. Of course, the most interesting thing about these lists will be the intersection among them. Talk about bang for your buck.
It was a challenge just waiting to be picked up. We should canvas for our top 10 agrobiodiversity-related questions to be considered.