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Personal traits predict conservationists' optimism about outcomes for nature

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CONSERVATION LETTERS
卷 15, 期 2, 页码 -

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/conl.12873

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biodiversity conservation; conservation optimism; conservation psychology; hope; occupation; personality; pessimism

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  1. AWS Cloud Credits for Research
  2. Tasso Leventis Foundation
  3. University of Oxford
  4. Natural Environment Research Council [NE/L002612/1]

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In the face of unprecedented biodiversity loss, optimism plays an important role in achieving conservation goals. Most conservationists expressed optimism that enabling conditions for conservation would improve, but the state of biodiversity was unlikely to get better. Respondents with greater optimism about life, at early-career stages, and working in practice and policy reported higher conservation optimism. However, most biodiversity and conservation status indicators were not associated with conservation optimism.
In the face of unprecedented biodiversity loss, the belief that conservation goals can be met could play an important role in ensuring they are fulfilled. We asked conservationists how optimistic they felt about key biodiversity outcomes over the next 10 years; 2341 people familiar with conservation in 144 countries responded. Respondents expressed optimism that enabling conditions for conservation would improve but felt pressures would continue, and the state of biodiversity was unlikely to get better. Respondents with greater general optimism about life, at early-career stages, and working in practice and policy (compared to academia) reported higher conservation optimism. But most of our biodiversity and conservation status indicators were not associated with conservation optimism. Unbounded optimism without appropriate action would be misguided in the face of growing threats to biodiversity. However, supporting those struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel could help sustain efforts to overcome these threats.

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