TY  - SER
AU  - Pye, Sarah 
TI  - The power of nonfiction life story narratives to communicate conservation to a non-specialist audience
PY  - 2020///
PB  - sage
KW  - biography,
KW  - communication
KW  -  conservation
KW  -  creative nonfiction,
KW  - narrative,
KW  - nature biography,
KW  - non-specialist audience
KW  -  sun bears,
KW  - Wong Siew Te
N2  - Without significant adaptation and response to climate change and environmental destruction, human behaviour has the capacity to lead to our eventual demise. However, in our fast-paced media world, conservation messages and warnings are often ignored by the public, politicians and commercial concerns. This article proposes that long-form nonfiction narratives are an important communication tool for the dissemination of conservation science in the Anthropocene. Furthermore, it suggests that future-focused nature biographies have the capacity to present science in a way that is accessible to a non-specialist audience, evoking the necessary responsibilities and stewardship outside of scientific circles. This article compares biographical exemplars with the author’s practice-led research exploring the life of Malaysian biologist and tropical ecologist, Dr Wong Siew Te
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/2053019620916492
ER  -