Petra Lindemann?Matthies|Elisabeth Bose
How Many Species Are There? Public Understanding and Awareness of Biodiversity in Switzerland
University of Zurich|University of Zurich
paper presents results interviews questionnaire study public knowledge concept biodiversity plant species richness switzerland despite extensive use science policy making concept biodiversity widely recognized known people switzerland overall 60 study participants 161 grammar school pupils 110 nongraduates 96 graduates canton zurich never heard term biodiversity others come across primarily media study participants considered school education relevant source information biodiversity study participants frequently referred diversity plants animals defining biodiversity also quite often believed biodiversity something ecological concepts equilibrium components nature young people adults held widely inaccurate ideas plant species richness communities particularly switzerland plant species richness strongly overestimated