CORRESPONDENCE
02 November 2021

For NGOs, article-processing charges sap conservation funds

Kevin A. Wood
1. Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK.
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Julia L. Newth
1. Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK.
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Geoff M. Hilton
1. Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, UK.
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The shift from a ‘reader pays’ to an ‘author pays’ model of scientific publishing presents a financial threat to environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs). Many of these support, conduct and publish applied research on real-world solutions to the planet’s most pressing challenges. Funded mainly by donations, eNGOs must now choose between taking conservation action and publishing more research papers.

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Nature 599, 32 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02979-5

Competing Interests

All three authors are current employees of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, an environmental non-governmental organization that is actively involved in undertaking and publishing research.