Reflections from the team: Co‐creating visual media about ecological processes for young people

Thomas, Merryn; Giannoulatou, Daphne; Kocak, Ethan; Tank, Wes; Sarnowski, Ryan; Jones, Peter E.; Januchowski-Hartley, Stephanie

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Reflections from the team: Co‐creating visual media about ecological processes for young people

Merryn Thomas, Daphne Giannoulatou

, Ethan Kocak, Wes Tank, Ryan Sarnowski, Peter E. Jones, Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley

People and Nature, Volume: 3, Issue: 6

Swansea University Authors: Merryn Thomas, Daphne Giannoulatou , Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley

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Many migratory fish populations are declining, threatened by human-induced pressures such as habitat loss and fragmentation caused by dams, roads, land use change, climate change and pollution. However, public awareness of fish migration and associated human pressures remains limited.It is important...

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Reflections from the team: Co‐creating visual media about ecological processes for young people

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