Abstract Conservation actions most often occur in peopled seascapes and landscapes. As a result, conservation decisions cannot rely solely on evidence from the natural sciences, but must also be guided by the social sciences, the arts and the humanities. However, we are concerned that too much of the current attention is on research that serves an instrumental purpose, by which we mean that the social sciences are used to justify and promote status quo conservation practices. The reasons for engaging the social sciences, as well as the arts and the humanities, go well beyond making conservation more effective. In this editorial, we briefly reflect on how expanding the types of social science research and the contributions of the arts and the humanities can help to achieve the transformative potential of conservation.

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通过社会科学、艺术和人文学科实现保护的变革潜力

摘要 保护行动最常发生在有人居住的海景和景观中。因此，保护​​决策不能仅仅依靠自然科学的证据，还必须以社会科学、艺术和人文科学为指导。然而，我们担心目前过多的注意力都集中在服务于工具目的的研究上，我们的意思是社会科学被用来证明和促进现状保护实践。参与社会科学以及艺术和人文学科的原因远不止使保护更有效。在这篇社论中，我们简要反思了扩大社会科学研究的类型以及艺术和人文学科的贡献如何有助于实现保护的变革潜力。