Backyard birders in South Africa may continue to enjoy biodiversity in visiting birds under climate change scenarios, while climate change and declining biodiversity may decrease birding in protected public parks.
Article URL: https://plos.io/4ol2UxW
Article Title: Climate change impacts the non-market value of nature: A case study of birding cultural ecosystem services in South Africa
Author Countries: United States
Funding: This work was supported by the Ridge to Reef NSF Research Traineeship, Award DGE-1735040 to KM. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
PLOS Climate
22-Oct-2025
Competing Interests: The Authors have declared no competing interests exist.