Optimizing Island Refuges against global Catastrophic and Existential Biological Threats: Priorities and Preparations

• Published in: Risk Analysis
• Main Authors: Boyd, Matt, Wilson, Nick
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2021
• Subjects: Physiology (medical); Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality; New Zealand; Refuge Islands; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/risa.13735; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/risa.13735; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/risa.13735

Abstract Human civilization is vulnerable to global catastrophic biological threats and existential threats. Policy to mitigate the impact of major biological threats should consider worst‐case scenarios. We aimed to strengthen existing research on island refuges as a mitigating mechanism against su...