Biodiversity scientists must fight the creeping rise of extinction denial

Efforts by conservation scientists to draw public attention to the biodiversity crisis are increasingly met with denialist rhetoric. A summary of some of the methods used by denialists to undermine scientific evidence on biodiversity loss, and outline pathways forward for the scientific community to...

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Autores principales: Lees, Alexander C., Attwood, Simon, Barlow, Jos, Phalan, Ben
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109384
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Sumario:Efforts by conservation scientists to draw public attention to the biodiversity crisis are increasingly met with denialist rhetoric. A summary of some of the methods used by denialists to undermine scientific evidence on biodiversity loss, and outline pathways forward for the scientific community to counter misinformation are outlined.