Conservation practitioners face complex challenges due to resource limitations, biological and socioeconomic trade‐offs, involvement of diverse interest groups, and data deficiencies. To help address these challenges, there are a growing number of frameworks for systematic decision making. Three prominent frameworks are structured decision making, systematic conservation prioritization, and systematic reviews. These frameworks have numerous conceptual linkages, and offer rigorous and transparent solutions to conservation problems. However, they differ in their assumptions and applicability. Here, we provide guidance on how to choose among these frameworks for solving conservation problems, and how to identify less rigorous techniques when time or data availability limit options. Each framework emphasizes the need for proper problem consideration and formulation, and includes steps for monitoring and evaluation. We recommend clear and documented problem formulation, adopting structured decision‐making processes, and archiving results in a global database to support conservation professionals in making evidence‐based decisions in the future.

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做出艰难的选择：选择适当的自然保护决策工具

由于资源有限，生物学和社会经济的权衡，不同利益群体的参与以及数据不足，养护从业者面临着复杂的挑战。为了帮助应对这些挑战，系统决策的框架越来越多。三个突出的框架是结构化的决策，系统的保护优先级和系统的审查。这些框架具有许多概念上的联系，并为保护问题提供了严格而透明的解决方案。但是，它们的假设和适用性不同。在这里，我们提供了有关如何在这些框架中选择解决保护问题的指南，以及在时间或数据可用性限制选项时如何识别不太严格的技术的指南。每个框架都强调需要适当考虑和制定问题，并包括监测和评估步骤。我们建议采用清晰且记录在案的问题表述，采用结构化的决策流程，并在全球数据库中存档结果，以支持保护专业人员将来做出基于证据的决策。