Gaming conservation: Nature 2.0 confronts nature-deficit disorder

Geoforum

Volumn 79, Issue , 2017, Pages 153-162

  Fletcher, Robert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation; Digital games; Environmental education; Nature 2.0; Nature deficit disorder; Neoliberalism; Tropical rainforest

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE; NEOLIBERALISM; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFOREST; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

EID: 84957617584     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2016.02.009     Document Type: Article

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