Global Horizon Scanning Project ? Priority Research Questions for Latin America

TATIANA HEID FURLEY; JULIE C BRODEUR; HELENA ASSIS; PEDRO CARRIQUIRIBORDE; KARINA MIGLIORANZA; BRYAN BROOKS

Santos, Sao Paulo

Congreso; SETAC LatinAmerican 12th annual meeting; 2017

SETAC Latin America (LA) is one of the five Geographic Units of SETAC, a global professional organisation with the mission of achieving Environmental Quality Through Science® and ensuring a balanced participation from government, business and academia. The unique tri-partite forum which SETAC provides, facilitates a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder approach to the identification and resolution of environmental quality problems. The Global Horizon Scanning (GSH) Project was established to identify and prioritize the most critical environmental research needs. One hundred research questions were submitted by SETAC LA members and the 20 priority research questions were selected in the LA GSH Workshop held during the 11th SLA Biennial Meeting which took place in Buenos Aires in 2015. The aims of the current Round Table, are: i) to present the results of the 2015 GSH Workshop, ii) to evaluate the whole exercise and identify strength and weakness of the process, iii) to have feedback from stakeholders on SETAC?s identified priority research areas for LA, as well as to discuss how the selected questions could help decision-makers design environmental strategic plans.