Conservation policy decisions can suffer from a lack of evidence, hindering effective decision‐making. In nature conservation, studies investigating why policy is often not evidence‐informed have tended to focus on Western democracies, with relatively small samples. To understand global variation and challenges better, we established a global survey aimed at identifying top barriers and solutions to the use of conservation science in policy. This obtained the views of 758 people in policy, practice, and research positions from 68 countries across six languages. Here we show that, contrary to popular belief, there is agreement between groups about how to incorporate conservation science into policy, and there is thus room for optimism. Barriers related to the low priority of conservation were considered to be important, while mainstreaming conservation was proposed as a key solution. Therefore, priorities should focus on convincing the public of the importance of conservation as an issue, which will then influence policy‐makers to adopt pro‐environmental long‐term policies.

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循证保护政策的主要障碍和可能的解决方案

保护政策决策可能会因缺乏证据而受到影响，从而阻碍有效的决策。在自然保护领域，调查政策为何往往不以证据为依据的研究往往集中在样本相对较小的西方民主国家。为了更好地了解全球变化和挑战，我们开展了一项全球调查，旨在确定在政策中使用保护科学的主要障碍和解决方案。该调查收集了来自 68 个国家、6 种语言的 758 名政策、实践和研究人员的意见。在这里，我们表明，与普遍看法相反，不同群体之间就如何将保护科学纳入政策达成了一致，因此有乐观的空间。与保护优先级较低相关的障碍被认为是重要的，而将保护纳入主流则被认为是一个关键的解决方案。因此，重点应放在让公众相信保护作为一个问题的重要性，从而影响政策制定者采取有利于环境的长期政策。