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Direct linkRamÃrez, Fernando; Santana, Josefina C. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2019
Education is a key aspect for wetland conservation. Education-based research is urgently required in wetland ecosystems worldwide. International cooperation in research and sound ecotourism initiatives are key to promote wetland conservation on a global scale. In the current investigation, we explore key lessons that can be learned by teaching…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conservation (Environment), Natural Resources, Tourism
Shah, Alexandra; Parsons, E. C. M. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2019
The UN declared 2010 the "International Year of Biodiversity" (IYB). A survey was undertaken at the end of this year in the Washington D.C. metro area (n = 180). Thirty-eight point nine percent of the participants had not heard of the term "biodiversity". Only 36.7% could correctly define "biodiversity". Almost no one…
Descriptors: Public Opinion, Biodiversity, Wildlife, Ecology
Morales, Pamela K.; Roslan, Nadiah; Haas, Andrea; Lykins, Amy D. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2021
Limited knowledge exists on participant outcomes relating to citizen science programs. Using the ClimateWatch: Scientist for a Day program as a case study, we sought to understand participant behaviors and attitudes post-program, and evaluated the program's post-engagement initiatives. Phone interviews were conducted with 15 former participants.…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Science Education, Climate, Environmental Education
Postles, Matthew; Bartlett, Madeleine – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
"BioBlitz" events are popular local wildlife surveys often engaging public audiences in a race against time to find, identify, and record as many different species as possible in a given timeframe. This study provides baseline assessment of the value of BioBlitz as a tool for public engagement and collection of environmental data in the…
Descriptors: Wildlife, Audiences, Identification, Learning Experience
Shaw, Amy E.; Miller, Kelly K. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2016
If wildlife gardening programs wish to maximize their contribution to the biodiversity of their area, they need to be recruiting individuals who would not have undertaken wildlife activities of their own accord. This study sought to assess which program features equate to the most success in recruiting previously unengaged members. Providing site…
Descriptors: Wildlife, Gardening, Program Development, Plants (Botany)
Jacobson, Susan K.; Morales, Nia A.; Chen, Beida; Soodeen, Rebecca; Moulton, Michael P.; Jain, Eakta – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2019
Understanding the influence of message framing is critical to promote public support for environmental conservation. We tested six brief, online videos about biodiversity conservation with positive (love and benefits) versus negative (loss and warning) messages with 524 participants. The respondents were willing to donate more money and time to…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Public Opinion, Video Technology, Biodiversity
Monroe, Martha C.; Lauretta, Sarah – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2014
The objectives of this study were to (a) determine preservice educators' perceptions of forest health, (b) define the experiences which may have influenced their understanding, and (c) identify the approaches they might use to convey forest health information. Twelve interviews were conducted with preservice science and agriculture education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Forestry, Environmental Education
Nates, Juliana; Campos, Claudia; Lindemann-Matthies, Petra – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2010
Exotic species seriously affect local biodiversity in Argentina. This article investigates how students in San Juan province perceive native and exotic species. With the help of a written questionnaire, 865 students (9-17 years old) were asked to name the plant and animal they liked most, disliked most, and perceived as most useful, and to name…
Descriptors: Animals, Student Attitudes, Ecology, Biodiversity
Hansel, Troy; Phimmavong, Somvang; Phengsopha, Kaisone; Phompila, Chitana; Homduangpachan, Khiaosaphan – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2010
In this article, the authors examine the implementation and success of a mobile conservation education unit targeting primary schools in central Lao PDR (People's Democratic Republic). The mobile unit conducted 3-hour interactive programs for school children focused on the importance of wildlife and biodiversity around the primary schools in rural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conservation Education, Elementary School Students, Rural Areas
Allen, Irma – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2005
Tucked between South Africa and Mozambique, and usually "gowned" in green, Swaziland is one of the smallest countries in Africa, but it has great variation in landscape, geology, and climate. It also has great diversity of fauna and flora. In recognition of the importance that sound environmental management plays in the course of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Economic Development
Gollin, Lisa X.; McMillen, Heather; Wilcox, Bruce – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2004
Semistructured interviews were conducted to explore local, lay perceptions and valuations of native and nonnative flora in order to better understand and anticipate community perceptions of, and potential participation in revegetation or eradication conservation efforts in multiethnic communities of Oahu, Hawai'i. The authors detail the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Conservation (Environment), Community Involvement, Ecology
Ali, Ibrahim M. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2006
This study used an unobtrusive attitude survey and questionnaires to investigate Kenyan pupils' attitudes towards parks and wildlife. The positive attitudes found result from their understanding of the link between these resources and their own wellbeing. The sentiments about parks and wildlife expressed by the pupils are an extraction of the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Biodiversity, Foreign Countries, Wildlife
Wilson, Jeanette Randall; Monroe, Martha C. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2005
The demands of education reform in many states are constraining the time teachers have to prepare and teach new activities. Therefore, it would behoove environmental educators developing supplemental curricular materials to use their concepts to augment state reform goals. This study suggests that a biodiversity curriculum guide, using the…
Descriptors: Biodiversity, Environmental Education, Educational Change, Material Development
