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The Ontario Biodiversity Council is seeking your input and ideas to identify Ontario’s most important biodiversity science and research questions in the lead-up to the Ontario Biodiversity Summit in Niagara Falls, May 19-22nd 2015.

Similar global and regional exercises have been undertaken to identify questions that, if answered, would improve decision-making and biodiversity conservation actions (see Sutherland et al. 2009, Sutherland et al. 2013). While some of the questions are applicable to Ontario, the unique biodiversity of the province, as well as dynamic nature of the landscape merits a more specific and local examination.

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The project will use an eDelphi method to gather, refine and prioritize questions from a broad group of biodiversity conservation practitioners, policy-makers, scientists and researchers and those with an interest in biodiversity. The project will begin in late March with ongoing virtual participation leading up to the Summit. Participants will receive regular updates about the status of the project, including the final list of questions received and their rank.

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We have completed round one of this project. Click the participate now link to review the list of questions or launch the round two survey.

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Please fill in the form with your name and email address (we won’t share your name or email with anyone).

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