New peer reviewed paper published in *Frontiers of Ecology* by the team at Mongabay will be useful for folks teaching/communicating about conservation and biodiversity issues:
https://news.mongabay.com/2018/11/google-searches-reveal-public-interest-in-conservation-is-rising/ - *The number of Google searches for conservation-related topics has been increasing since 2004, a new study has found.* - *In fact, interest in both conservation and climate change-related topics seem to be tightly linked and rising similarly.* - *While the rise in Google searches for conservation-related terms doesn’t necessarily translate to increased support for conservation, what it does suggest is that conservationists must continue to communicate their results to reach all the people interested in conservation and environmental issues, researchers say.* - *The study’s co-author, Rhett A. Butler, is Mongabay’s founder and CEO, while lead author Zuzana Burivalova was also the lead researcher on Mongabay’s Conservation Effectiveness series published in 2017-18.* Please share. Erik -- www.erikhoffner.com
