Biodiversity Loss, the Motivation Problem, and the Future of Conservation Education in the United States
Description:
The purpose of this dissertation is to make sense of two sets of reactions. On the one hand, Americans can barely lift a finger to help threatened and endangered species while on the other, they routinely come to the aid of human victims of disaster. I argue that in contrast to cases of human tragedy, for the biodiversity crisis conservationists are faced not only with the familiar yet arduous task of motivating the American public to care for living other-than-humans, but they are also saddl…
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Date:
December 2011
Creator:
Grove-Fanning, William
Partner:
UNT Libraries