Societal attention toward extinction threats: a comparison between climate change and biological invasions.

Autor: Jarić I; Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrobiology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. ivan.jaric@hbu.cas.cz.; Faculty of Science, Department of Ecosystem Biology, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic. ivan.jaric@hbu.cas.cz.; Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany. ivan.jaric@hbu.cas.cz., Bellard C; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, 91405, Orsay, France., Courchamp F; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Ecologie Systématique Evolution, 91405, Orsay, France., Kalinkat G; Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany., Meinard Y; Université Paris Dauphine, PSL Research University, CNRS, Paris, France., Roberts DL; Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology & Conservation, Marlowe Building, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK., Correia RA; Helsinki Lab of Interdisciplinary Conservation Science (HELICS), Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.; Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.; CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.; Institute of Biological and Health Sciences, Federal University of Alagoas, Av. Lourival Melo Mota, Maceió, AL, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2020 Jul 06; Vol. 10 (1), pp. 11085. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jul 06.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-67931-5
Abstrakt: Public attention and interest in the fate of endangered species is a crucial prerequisite for effective conservation programs. Societal awareness and values will largely determine whether conservation initiatives receive necessary support and lead to adequate policy change. Using text data mining, we assessed general public attention in France, Germany and the United Kingdom toward climate change and biological invasions in relation to endangered amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal species. Our analysis revealed that public attention patterns differed among species groups and countries but was globally higher for climate change than for biological invasions. Both threats received better recognition in threatened than in non-threatened species, as well as in native species than in species from other countries and regions. We conclude that more efficient communication regarding the threat from biological invasions should be developed, and that conservation practitioners should take advantage of the existing attention toward climate change.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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