Biophobia: people’s aversion to nature

"Evidence suggests that biophobia is a growing trend in many parts of the world. Ironically, this trend has emerged during a time when increasing people’s biophilia has become a critical challenge for ensuring the sustainability of the human relationship with nature. As highlighted in this review, biophobia can harm public health and undermine conservation, but lacks unified research. Although foundational theories and concepts have been established, a deeper and interdisciplinary understanding of the manifestations, drivers, and feedback loops associated with the human aversion to nature is urgent." >>
Toward a unified understanding of people’s aversion to nature: biophobia >>
https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fee.70019
#nature #biodiversity #conservation #phobias #BioPhobia #dendrophobia #arachnophobia #NatureAnxiety #wildlife #climate

Image: Iconic Bellingen stump on widened North Bank Road

Something I have been aware of, now has a name - Biophobia

" ... that many people, especially in urbanised societies, exhibit responses of fear or disgust towards wild organisms. The vicious cycle of biophobia risks accelerating the extinction of experience, leading to long-term adverse consequences for the conservation of biodiversity.

https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0169-5347%2822%2900360-3

#NaturalHistory #Conservation #Nature #Wildlife
#Birding #Biology #Botany #Biophobia

"Although our relationship to nature and our relationships with one another may feel like disparate phenomena, they are both parallel and related. A life without nature, it seems, is a lonely life—and vice versa... If you’ve been meaning to go outside more or connect with your neighbors, you might as well work on both." #loneliness #nature #outdoors #biophobia #community #neighbors #urbanism #urbanplanning #landscapearchitecture #parks

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2023/11/nature-avoidance-social-isolation-loneliness/675984/

This is why I tend to dislike memes about killing critters indiscriminately even if it's meant to be humourous. Theres enough biophobia in the world without normalising it.

#biophobia #nature

Are Humans Falling Out of Love with Nature? | The Tyee
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2023/03/09/Humans-Out-Love-Nature/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_content=030923-m&utm_campaign=editorial

New newsletter! Biophilia vs. biophobia, a captivating book about #squirrels and introducing the winners of the Rewilding Arts Prize.

Take a look >> https://www.rewildingmag.com/we-need-the-power-of-art/

#rewilding #biophilia #biophobia #nature

Researchers argue that biophobia, the fear of nature, is a growing phenomenon that seems to increase with urban development. 😱🪱🦟🐀

#Biophobia #Phobia #Nature #Fear #Cycle #Urbanization #UrbanDevelopment #Education #Phychology #BenefitsOfNature #Outdoors #Explore #WellBeing

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/beware-creeping-biophobia/

Please check your friends who post videos of themselves killing spiders on TikTok for other psychopathic tendencies.

#biophobia #ArachnidDerangementSyndrome