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Created: Apr 19, 2008
Updated: Jun 01, 2009
Membership: Open To Apply
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Conservation Psychology Network
(a.k.a.: Conservation Psychology)
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Conservation psychology is the scientific study of the reciprocal relationships between humans and the rest of nature, with a particular focus on how to encourage conservation of the natural world.
Conservation psychology is an applied field that uses psychological principles, theories, or methods to understand and solve issues related to human aspects of conservation.
In addition to being a field of study, conservation psychology is also the actual network of researchers and practitioners who work together to understand and promote a sustainable and harmonious relationship between people and the natural environment. One way to organize research areas in Conservation Psychology is according to two broad outcome areas:
- How people behave toward nature (with the goal of creating durable behavior change at multiple levels and sustainable relationships), and/or
- How people care about/value nature (with the goal of creating harmonious relationships and an environmental ethic)
Comparison to Conservation Biology
Like conservation biology, conservation psychology has a mission focus, which is to conduct psychological research that is oriented towards environmental sustainability.
Figure 1: Conservation biology and conservation psychology are both synthetic super fields that mobilize contributions from other fields and subdisciplines toward conservation-related issues.
Conservation Psychology Research
What characterizes conservation psychology research is that in addition to the descriptive and theoretical anlyses, studies will explore hot to cause the kinds of changes that lessen the impact of human behavior on the natural environment, and that lead to more sustainable and harmonious relationships.
Figure 2: One possible way to organize possible Conservation Psychology research areas.
