Biodiversity conservation cannot afford COVID-19 communication bungles. (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gregg, Emily A.; Kusmanoff, Alexander M.; Garrard, Georgia E.; Kidd, Lindall R.; Bekessy, Sarah A.
• Is Part Of: Trends in ecology & evolution. Volume 36:Number 10(2021)
• Page Start: 879
• Page End: 882
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: conservation messaging -- public engagement -- message framing -- narratives -- pandemic -- Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; Ecology -- Periodicals; Evolution (Biology) -- Periodicals; 576.8
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2021.07.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-5347

Abstract

Abstract : With COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) dominating headlines, highlighting links between the pandemic and biodiversity may increase public awareness of the biodiversity crisis. However, ill-considered messages that frame nature as the problem rather than the solution could inadvertently propagate problematic narratives and undermine motivations and individual self-efficacy to conserve nature.