E Csobod's scientific contributions

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... It could be argued that biodiversity education 'is about nature' and therefore nothing new because for many years, educators have been creating opportunities for people to understand and experience a variety of plants and animals and their habitats (McLeish 1997). Experiences in nature and an understanding of ecological relationships were seen as a direct pathway to achieve attitudes of environmental awareness and, in turn, result in actions to solve the problems presented (Breiting et al. 1996;Lundegård and Wickman 2007). However, there is little evidence for such a linear process, and biodiversity education is now rather approached in ways of education for sustainable development (ESD), which implies a process-oriented, participatory and action-oriented learning approach (Tilbury and Calvo 2005; see also articles by Stevenson, 2006, and other contributors in the same volume). ...