Jarić, Ivan, Roll, Uri, Bonaiuto, Marino, Brook, Barry W., Courchamp, Franck, Firth, Josh A., Gaston, Kevin J., Heger, Tina, Jeschke, Jonathan M., Ladle, Richard J., and others. (2022) Societal extinction of species. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37 (5). pp. 411-419. ISSN 0169-5347. E-ISSN 1872-8383. (doi:10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.011) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:93408)
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Abstract
The ongoing global biodiversity crisis not only involves biological extinctions, but also the loss of experience and the gradual fading of cultural knowledge and collective memory of species. We refer to this phenomenon as ‘societal extinction of species’ and apply it to both extinct and extant taxa. We describe the underlying concepts as well as the mechanisms and factors that affect this process, discuss its main implications, and identify mitigation measures. Societal extinction is cognitively intractable, but it is tied to biological extinction and thus has important consequences for conservation policy and management. It affects societal perceptions of the severity of anthropogenic impacts and of true extinction rates, erodes societal support for conservation efforts, and causes the loss of cultural heritage.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.011 |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | collective memory ; communicative memory ; cultural memory ; societal species salience ; extinction of experience ; shifting baseline syndrome |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QH Natural history > QH75 Conservation (Biology) |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) |
| Depositing User: | David Roberts |
| Date Deposited: | 24 Feb 2022 22:07 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 12:58 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/93408 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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Roberts, David L..
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