The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services

Balke, Thorsten; Vovides, Alejandra G; Ladd, Cai; Huxham, Mark

doi:10.1007/s12526-022-01304-1

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The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services

Thorsten Balke

, Alejandra G Vovides, Cai Ladd

, Mark Huxham

Marine Biodiversity, Volume: 53, Issue: 1

Swansea University Author: Cai Ladd

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Conservation biology emerged as a crisis discipline in the twentieth century amongst an increasing awareness of pollution and habitat loss. Since the early 2000s, societal and monetary benefits of nature were added to the narrative for biodiversity conservation. Using text mining, we show that autho...

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The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services

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