Conservation Psychology : The Weak Link in the Strategies and Actions of Practitioners?
The major and ever-increasing challenges facing the world's biodiversity require us to question the effectiveness of public policies, strategies and actions undertaken to date in the field of conservation. The human and social sciences play a major role in understanding the relational processes...
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2026
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| Online adgang: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | The major and ever-increasing challenges facing the world's biodiversity require us to question the effectiveness of public policies, strategies and actions undertaken to date in the field of conservation. The human and social sciences play a major role in understanding the relational processes between human beings and their natural environment, but they receive so far too little attention from those involved in protecting biodiversity. According to many researchers, they deserve greater consideration in the search for solutions to the challenges posed by biodiversity. Within these disciplines, the article explores the field of conservation psychology as applied to biodiversity through a review of the literature on the subject, comprising 145 publications from 66 peer-reviewed scientific journals and books. The article successively attempts to clarify the contribution to biodiversity conservation of cognitive, emotional and behavioural theories, concepts and determinants in environmental and social psychology. It also presents a number of behavioural approach strategies that have been proposed and tested on biodiversity issues. In conclusion, the author calls for the strengthening of practical collaboration in the field of conservation psychology, within the broader context of social and behavioural sciences, between academics and professionals faced with the challenges of biodiversity loss in territories, in particular managers of natural areas. |
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