Abstract Academic papers and media commentaries frequently appeal to hope as a necessary bulwark against despair for the conservation community. Such claims are often made in the absence of a rigorous discussion of the nature of hope. In this review, we investigate the importance of hope as it applies to conservation workers, educators, and others involved in environmental protection. We define hope in its many dimensions, ask whether having hope is necessary to motivate people to engage in environmental action, and inquire whether hope can be revived or reframed when conservation actions fail. Hope is a multi-faceted emotional state or motivational attitude with many subtypes, including authentic (or active), passive, false, and radical hopes. The conservation literature generally refers to active hope, although the type of hope considered is often left unstated. Whether hope leads to environmental engagement or action depends on many factors, including goal orientation and feasibility, societal and personal norms, personality traits, and group identity. Organizational attributes like leadership, consistent vision, and interpersonal communication affect the experience of hope among conservation practitioners, environmental educators, and the public. Grief and hopelessness are frequently part of the “emotional labour” of conservation and environmental work, but these may be buffered by a sense of agency and feasible objectives, which encourage authentic hope. Although there has been progress in understanding the role of hope in conservation, conservation communities can continue to learn from the rich body of psychological theory and practice that has been used to study hope in other fields.

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了解希望及其对保护未来的意义

摘要 学术论文和媒体评论经常呼吁希望作为保护社区抵御绝望的必要堡垒。这种说法通常是在没有对希望的本质进行严格讨论的情况下提出的。在这篇评论中，我们调查了希望对保护工作者、教育工作者和其他参与环境保护的人的重要性。我们从多个维度定义希望，询问是否需要希望来激励人们参与环境行动，并询问在保护行动失败时是否可以重振或重新构建希望。希望是一种多方面的情绪状态或动机态度，具有许多子类型，包括真实（或主动）、被动、虚假和激进的希望。保护文献一般指积极的希望，尽管所考虑的希望类型通常没有说明。希望是否导致环境参与或行动取决于许多因素，包括目标导向和可行性、社会和个人规范、个性特征和群体认同。领导力、一致的愿景和人际沟通等组织属性会影响保护从业者、环境教育者和公众对希望的体验。悲伤和绝望常常是保护和环境工作“情绪劳动”的一部分，但这些可能会被一种能激发真正希望的能动性和可行的目标所缓冲。尽管在理解希望在保护中的作用方面取得了进展，