Children Prioritize Virtual Exotic Biodiversity over Local Biodiversity
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Children Prioritize Virtual Exotic Biodiversity over Local Biodiversity
Environmental education is essential to stem current dramatic biodiversity loss, and childhood is considered as the key period for developing awareness and positive attitudes toward nature. Children are strongly influenced by the media, notably the internet, about biodiversity and conservation issues. However, most media focus on a few iconic, appealing, and usually exotic species. In addition,...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS ONE
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023152