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Biophobia Is Our Growing Aversion to Nature and It’s a Major Problem: Biophobia is a growing fear and aversion to the natural world, it has profound and negative consequences for both human mental health and global conservation efforts

Biophobia is a growing fear and aversion to the natural world, it has profound and negative consequences for both human mental health and global conservation efforts.

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