Plant blindness and sustainability

H Thomas, H Ougham, D Sanders - International Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose The present paper aims to examine the concept of “plant blindness” in the context
of current sustainability debates.“Plant blindness” was the term introduced in 1999 by the …

[HTML][HTML] Underestimating the challenges of avoiding a ghastly future

CJA Bradshaw, PR Ehrlich, A Beattie… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We report three major and confronting environmental issues that have received little
attention and require urgent action. First, we review the evidence that future environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Changing discourses in the third pole: A systematic review of climate change impact on biodiversity in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

N Chettri, B Adhikari, S Chaudhary, K Wangchuk - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change has emerged as one of the major threats to biodiversity and the Hindu Kush
Himalaya (HKH) is facing the challenges due to a higher rate of elevation dependent …

An inconvenient misconception: Climate change is not the principal driver of biodiversity loss

T Caro, Z Rowe, J Berger, P Wholey… - Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The current perception that climate change is the principal threat to biodiversity is at best
premature. Although highly relevant, it detracts focus and effort from the primary threats …

[HTML][HTML] Circular, green, and bio economy: how do companies in land-use intensive sectors align with sustainability concepts?

D D'Amato, J Korhonen, A Toppinen - Ecological economics, 2019 - Elsevier
The UN Agenda 2030 deems the private sector pivotal in co-governing sustainability issues.
Despite intense research on corporate sustainability there is no explicit analysis of which …

Mainstreaming sustainable innovation: Unlocking the potential of nature-based solutions for climate change and biodiversity

L Xie, H Bulkeley, L Tozer - Environmental Science & Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Sustainable innovation has been widely acknowledged as the key driver for societal
transitions towards sustainability. Recently, there have been widespread calls to mainstream …

[HTML][HTML] Key information needs to move from knowledge to action for biodiversity conservation in Canada

RT Buxton, JR Bennett, AJ Reid, C Shulman… - Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
To address the ongoing global biodiversity crisis, conservation approaches must be
underpinned by robust information. Canada is uniquely positioned to contribute to meeting …

Advancing nature‐based approaches to address the biodiversity and climate emergency

AS Mori - Ecology Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity loss and climate change are often considered as intertwined issues. However,
they do not receive equal attention. Even in the context of nature‐based climate solutions …

Investigating the implications of shifting baseline syndrome on conservation

LP Jones, ST Turvey, D Massimino… - People and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Shifting baseline syndrome (SBS) describes a persistent downgrading of perceived
'normal'environmental conditions with every sequential generation, leading to under …

Ask not what nature can do for you: A critique of ecosystem services as a communication strategy

SA Bekessy, MC Runge, AM Kusmanoff, DA Keith… - Biological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Given the urgent need to raise public awareness on biodiversity issues, we review the
effectiveness of “ecosystem services” as a frame for promoting biodiversity conservation …