Understanding the role of pluralistic ignorance in biodiversity conservation: A research agenda
本文指出多数人认为生物多样性丧失由人类造成，但可能低估了他人也持此信念的程度，这种集体误解（多元无知）会阻碍变革，并提出了针对生物多样性领域的多元无知研究议程，包括研究形式、后果与决定因素及干预措施。
Most people believe that biodiversity loss is human-caused, yet they may not realize how many others share this belief. Such collective misperceptions—known as pluralistic ignorance—may hinder individual and system changes required to address biodiversity loss. At the same time, reducing pluralistic ignorance may promote positive change. In this Perspective, we provide a brief overview of existing work on pluralistic ignorance about environmental topics and propose an agenda for impactful pluralistic ignorance research in the biodiversity domain. We highlight several research gaps and offer recommendations, including (a) investigating different forms of pluralistic ignorance, (b) improving our understanding of consequences and determinants, and (c) broadening the intervention toolkit to counter pluralistic ignorance for biodiversity conservation. To increase the Perspective’s practical applicability, we describe historical and contemporary case studies on pluralistic ignorance and biodiversity conservation from around the globe.