Humanizing Conservation | Science

Peter Verbeek reviews the book Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature by Susan Clayton and Gene Myers.

Aware of the benefits we derive from nature and the threats our activities pose, conservation biologists have asked questions that urgently need answers: "What is the relationship between individuals learning about environmental problems and their conservation attitudes, knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors?" "What are the impacts of increasing human dissociation from nature on the conservation of biodiversity?" In Conservation Psychology: Understanding and Promoting Human Care for Nature, Susan Clayton and Gene Myers tackle these and related questions from multiple psychological angles.

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