Attitudes among conservation biologists toward technological innovations and solutions have changed over the years from mistrusting and dismissive to widely accepting. However, the time has come for the conservation community to move from being technology consumers to become innovation leaders and to actively seek to create novel technologies to provide conservation tools and solutions. This challenging but critical mind‐set change requires thinking outside the box to establish and support the necessary bridges between the conservation community, technologists in both the public and the private sectors, and policy makers. The ingredients already exist, but success hinges on an open mind to new types of interactions, and bold but coordinated movements to nurture the organisational ecosystem in which such collaborations can thrive and be funded.

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保护技术：下一代

多年来，保护生物学家对技术创新和解决方案的态度已经从不信任和不屑一顾转变为广泛接受。但是，保护社区已经从成为技术消费者转变为创新领导者，并积极寻求创造新技术以提供保护工具和解决方案的时机已经到来。这一具有挑战性但至关重要的思维方式转变要求开箱即用的思维方式，以建立和支持保护界，公共和私营部门的技术人员以及政策制定者之间的必要桥梁。要素已经存在，但成功取决于对新类型的互动持开放态度，并采取大胆但协调的动作来培育组织生态系统，在这种生态系统中，这种协作可以蓬勃发展并获得资金。