The “human dimension” of conservation is increasingly recognised as critical for success. Most conservation research involving people is based not on explicit “theories of change”, but tacit local knowledge or folk theories guiding programme design.In this study, I propose a schematization of the local socioecological knowledge and folk theories about the “human dimension” of conservation into tacit working models, comprised of individual factors and systemic factors influencing human behaviour in conservation contexts. These are called the Persuasion, Normative, Involvement and Uniformity tacit working models. I review a set of conservation interventions and programmes, in order to assess which of the implicit working models inform their design. I argue that in order to better understand how a project may arrive at different outcomes, the underlying assumptions about human behaviour and the implicit “theory of change” that went into programme design need to be made explicit. This schema does not evaluate different approaches to conservation, but it can help point out the underlying assumptions that structure interventions and that may be more or less suited to particular situations. This can allow researchers to recognise their own assumptions and test them explicitly, leading to the formulation of more reflective and explicit theories, and improving the quality of both discourse and practice in conservation.

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人类行为改变的默认工作模型 I：保护项目的实施。

保护的“人的维度”越来越被认为是成功的关键。大多数涉及人的保护研究不是基于明确的“变化理论”，而是基于隐性的地方知识或指导项目设计的民间理论。将保护转化为默认的工作模型，由影响保护环境中人类行为的个体因素和系统因素组成。这些被称为说服、规范、参与和统一默会工作模型。我回顾了一系列保护干预措施和计划，以评估哪些隐含的工作模式为他们的设计提供了信息。我认为为了更好地理解一个项目如何达到不同的结果，需要明确关于人类行为的基本假设和程序设计中隐含的“变革理论”。这种模式不评估不同的保护方法，但它可以帮助指出结构干预的基本假设，这些假设可能或多或少适合特定情况。这可以让研究人员认识到他们自己的假设并明确地对其进行测试，从而形成更具反思性和明确性的理论，并提高保护话语和实践的质量。但它可以帮助指出结构干预的基本假设，这些假设可能或多或少适合特定情况。这可以让研究人员认识到他们自己的假设并明确地对其进行测试，从而形成更具反思性和明确性的理论，并提高保护话语和实践的质量。但它可以帮助指出结构干预的基本假设，这些假设可能或多或少适合特定情况。这可以让研究人员认识到他们自己的假设并明确地对其进行测试，从而形成更具反思性和明确性的理论，并提高保护话语和实践的质量。