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Societal extinction of species

Jarić, Ivan; Roll, Uri; Bonaiuto, Marino; Brook, Barry; Courchamp, Franck; Firth, Josh; Gaston, Kevin J.; Heger, Tina; Jeschke, Jonathan; Ladle, Richard J.; Meinard, Yves; Roberts, David L.; Sherren, Kate; Soga, Masashi; Soriano–redondo, Andrea; Veríssimo, Diogo; Correia, Ricardo A. (2022), Societal extinction of species, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 37, 5, p. 411 - 419. 10.1016/j.tree.2021.12.011

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Article accepté pour publication ou publié
External document link
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03860567
Date
2022
Journal name
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Volume
37
Number
5
Publisher
Cell Press
Pages
411 - 419
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Author(s)
Jarić, Ivan cc
Roll, Uri cc
Bonaiuto, Marino
Brook, Barry
Courchamp, Franck
Ecologie Systématique et Evolution [ESE]
Firth, Josh cc
Gaston, Kevin J.
Environment and Sustainability Institute [Penryn, UK]
Heger, Tina cc
Jeschke, Jonathan cc
Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei [IGB]
Ladle, Richard J.
Meinard, Yves cc
Laboratoire d'analyse et modélisation de systèmes pour l'aide à la décision [LAMSADE]
Roberts, David L.
Sherren, Kate
Soga, Masashi
Soriano–redondo, Andrea cc
Veríssimo, Diogo cc
Correia, Ricardo A.
Abstract (EN)
The ongoing global biodiversity crisis not only involves biological extinctions, but also the loss of experience and the gradual fading of cultural knowledge and collective memory of species. We refer to this phenomenon as 'societal extinction of species' and apply it to both extinct and extant taxa. We describe the underlying concepts as well as the mechanisms and factors that affect this process, discuss its main implications, and identify mitigation measures. Societal extinction is cognitively intractable, but it is tied to biological extinction and thus has important consequences for conservation policy and management. It affects societal perceptions of the severity of anthropogenic impacts and of true extinction rates, erodes societal support for conservation efforts, and causes the loss of cultural heritage. Species go extinct twiceone time when the last individual stops breathing, and a second time when the collective memory about the species disappears.
Subjects / Keywords
collective memory; communicative memory; cultural memory; societal species salience; extinction of experience; shifting baseline syndrome
JEL
Q57 - Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology