Thorsten Balke
The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services
Balke, Thorsten; Vovides, Alejandra G.; Ladd, Cai J.T.; Huxham, Mark
Abstract
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 authors now favour ecosystem-services over a crisis framing in scientific publications on coastal habitats. This may signal a shift in conservation science from a crisis to a services discipline despite continuing habitat loss. We discuss whether authors should more critically assess what conservation narrative they deploy and what consequences this may have for conservation action.
Citation
Balke, T., Vovides, A. G., Ladd, C. J., & Huxham, M. (2023). The coastal conservation narrative is shifting from crisis to ecosystem services. Marine Biodiversity, 53(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01304-1
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Aug 22, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 5, 2023 |
Publication Date | 2023-02 |
Deposit Date | Aug 23, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 5, 2023 |
Print ISSN | 1867-1616 |
Electronic ISSN | 1867-1624 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 53 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 3 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01304-1 |
Keywords | Conservation biology, Research narrative, Research context, Crisis discipline, Biodiversity crisis, Coastal habitat, Text mining |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2898611 |
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