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The Author(s) 2019
M. R. Marselle et al. (eds.), Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate
Change, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02318-8_12
Chapter 12
Biodiversity and聽 Health: Implications
for聽 Conservation
Zoe聽 G.聽 Davies, Martin聽 Dallimer, Jessica聽 C.聽 Fisher, and聽 Richard聽
A.聽 Fuller
Abstract The human health and well-being benefits of contact with nature are
becoming increasingly recognised and well understood, yet the implications of
nature experiences for biodiversity conservation are far less clear. Theoretically,
there are two plausible pathways that could lead to positive conservation outcomes.
The first is a direct win-win scenario where biodiverse areas of high conservation
value are also disproportionately beneficial to human health and well-being, mean-
ing that the two sets of objectives can be simultaneously and directly achieved, as
long as such green spaces are safeguarded appropriately. The second is that experi-
encing nature can stimulate people鈥檚 interest in biodiversity, concern for its fate, and
willingness to take action to protect it, therefore generating conservation gains indi-
rectly. To date, the two pathways have rarely been distinguished and scarcely stud-
ied. Here we consider how they may potentially operate in practice, while
acknowledging that the mechanisms by which biodiversity might underpin human
health and well-being benefits are still being determined.
Keywords Extinction of experience 路 Green space 路 Human-wildlife interaction 路
Nature connectedness 路 Protected areas 路 Well-being
Z. G. Davies (*) 路 J. C. Fisher
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and
Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, UK
e-mail: z.g.davies@kent.ac.uk; jcf22@kent.ac.uk
M. Dallimer
Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds,
Leeds, UK
e-mail: m.dallimer@leeds.ac.uk
R. A. Fuller
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, Australia
e-mail: r.fuller@uq.edu.au
Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
- Title
- Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
- Authors
- Melissa Marselle
- Jutta Stadler
- Horst Korn
- Katherine Irvine
- Aletta Bonn
- Publisher
- Springer Open
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-02318-8
- Size
- 15.5 x 24.0 cm
- Pages
- 508
- Keywords
- Environment, Environmental health, Applied ecology, Climate change, Biodiversity, Public health, Regional planning, Urban planning
- Categories
- Naturwissenschaften Umwelt und Klima