Using expert-elicitation to deliver biodiversity monitoring priorities on a Mediterranean island

Fig 2. Biodiversity interests of stakeholders. Biodiversity interests of stakeholders working in the field of biodiversity monitoring in Cyprus, who took part in an online questionnaire (Step 2 in the expert-elicitation process); 27 usable responses were received. A pre-populated list of taxonomic interests was given in the question, along with a free text box for additional taxonomic or environment-focused interests. Twenty-three out of the 27 stakeholders selected their top three biodiversity interests; three stakeholders selected more than three biodiversity interests. One stakeholder did not respond and this result was added to “Other expertise”. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256777.g002 Fig 1. Outline of process to create and prioritise a prioritised consensus list. The process used to create and prioritise a consensus list of biodiversity monitoring needs for Cyprus. Orange boxes denote the work undertaken in advance of the workshop (Step 1–2) and blue boxes denote tasks undertaken during the expert-elicitation workshop in August 2017 (Step 3). Forty-seven stakeholders were invited to take part in Step 2 of the process; 27 took part. Thirty-nine out of 56 invited stakeholders took part in Step 3 of the process. The 39 stakeholders included those asked to take part in Step 2 but a wider pool of stakeholders were also approached to take part as interest in the workshop increased. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256777.g001 PLOS ONE Expert-elicitation to prioritise biodiversity monitoring

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