One key intervention to mitigate biodiversity loss and climate change is natural habitat restoration. However, although restoration provides benefits to both the current generation and future generations, future generations typically reap most of the benefits, and the costs that are paid by the current generation are burdens that were inflicted upon them by previous generations. Despite the importance of restoration, its role in intergenerational common-pool resource games has largely gone unexplored. Here, we devise a novel intergenerational common-pool resource game with two phases—extraction and restoration—to investigate how participants' decisions are influenced by the previous generation and how restoration is influenced by emotions. All groups overexploited the resource pool during the extraction phase, but individuals extracted proportionally more resource when they had unsustainable previous generations. Having unsustainable previous generations also lowered success rate of rescuing overexploited resources through restoration. Individuals belonging to the first generation experienced more guilt and contributed more to restoration. In general, guilt and anger were positively related to the individual’s contribution to restoration. These results suggest that unsustainable behaviors in the current generation may have cascade effects that will reinforce environmental degradation in future generations.

减轻生物多样性丧失和气候变化的一项关键干预措施是自然栖息地的恢复。但是，尽管恢复为当代人和后代人都带来了好处，但后代通常会获得大部分好处，而由当代人支付的成本是前辈给他们带来的负担。尽管恢复很重要，但它在代际公共池资源游戏中的作用在很大程度上尚未得到开发。在这里，我们设计了一个新颖的代际公共池资源游戏，该游戏分为提取和恢复两个阶段，以研究参与者的决定如何受到前一代的影响以及恢复如何受到情绪的影响。在提取阶段，所有组都过度利用了资源池，但是，当前几代人不可持续时，他们会按比例提取更多的资源。前几代人的不可持续发展还降低了通过恢复来拯救过度开发的资源的成功率。属于第一代的人更加内，为恢复做出了更多贡献。总的来说，内和愤怒与个人对恢复的贡献成正比。这些结果表明，当前这一代的不可持续行为可能会产生级联效应，从而加剧后代的环境退化。属于第一代的人更加内，为恢复做出了更多贡献。总的来说，内和愤怒与个人对恢复的贡献成正比。这些结果表明，当前这一代的不可持续行为可能会产生级联效应，从而加剧后代的环境退化。属于第一代的人更加内，为恢复做出了更多贡献。总的来说，内和愤怒与个人对恢复的贡献成正比。这些结果表明，当前这一代的不可持续行为可能会产生级联效应，从而加剧后代的环境退化。