Introduction: New directions in conservation psychology at a critical time.

Three Pillars of Conservation Psychology Authors in this special section investigated the first pillar of conservation psychology by identifying how context shapes behavior. Just how central values are to understanding human behavior in conservation contexts is highlighted by Wallen and Landon's (2020) systematic map of conservation psychology, which shows values are the second-most studied concept. Winkler-Schor et al. (2020 [this issue]) investigated relationships between a typology of values and self-reported conservation behaviors, finding that altruistic (i.e., concern for others' welfare), biospheric (i.e., concern about costs and benefits to ecosystems), and eudaimonic (i.e., concern about pursuit of meaning and self-realization) values are closely associated with private-sphere conservation behaviors that are more often reported than public-sphere behaviors. Next Steps for Conservation Psychology The papers in this special section demonstrate the potential of conservation psychology to enhance conservation theory and practice. [Extracted from the article]