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Diverse values of nature for sustainability

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  • Unai Pascual

    (Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country
    Ikerbasque Basque Foundation for Science
    University of Bern)

  • Patricia Balvanera

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM))

  • Christopher B. Anderson

    (Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego (ICPA-UNTDF)
    Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CADIC-CONICET))

  • Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer

    (Global Science, WWF
    University of Minnesota)

  • Michael Christie

    (Aberystwyth University)

  • David González-Jiménez

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
    Global Resilience Partnership)

  • Adrian Martin

    (School of International Development, University of East Anglia)

  • Christopher M. Raymond

    (University of Helsinki
    University of Helsinki
    University of Helsinki)

  • Mette Termansen

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Arild Vatn

    (Norwegian University of Life Sciences)

  • Simone Athayde

    (Florida International University)

  • Brigitte Baptiste

    (University of EAN)

  • David N. Barton

    (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA))

  • Sander Jacobs

    (Research Institute for Nature and Forest INBO
    Belgian Biodiversity Platform)

  • Eszter Kelemen

    (ESSRG Nonprofit Kft.)

  • Ritesh Kumar

    (Wetlands International South Asia)

  • Elena Lazos

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM))

  • Tuyeni H. Mwampamba

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
    Sokoine University of Agriculture)

  • Barbara Nakangu

    (World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF))

  • Patrick O’Farrell

    (University of the Western Cape
    United Nations University)

  • Suneetha M. Subramanian

    (United Nations University)

  • Meine Noordwijk

    (International Centre for Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
    Wageningen University and Research
    Brawijaya University)

  • SoEun Ahn

    (Korea Environment Institute)

  • Sacha Amaruzaman

    (International Centre for Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF))

  • Ariane M. Amin

    (Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny
    Centre Suisse de Recherche Scientifique)

  • Paola Arias-Arévalo

    (Universidad del Valle)

  • Gabriela Arroyo-Robles

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM))

  • Mariana Cantú-Fernández

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM))

  • Antonio J. Castro

    (Universidad de Almería)

  • Victoria Contreras

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM))

  • Alta Vos

    (Rhodes University
    Stellenbosch University)

  • Nicolas Dendoncker

    (University of Namur)

  • Stefanie Engel

    (Osnabrück University)

  • Uta Eser

    (Office for Environmental Ethics)

  • Daniel P. Faith

    (The University of Sydney)

  • Anna Filyushkina

    (Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    Vrije University Amsterdam)

  • Houda Ghazi

    (OCP Foundation)

  • Erik Gómez-Baggethun

    (Norwegian University of Life Sciences
    Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA))

  • Rachelle K. Gould

    (University of Vermont)

  • Louise Guibrunet

    (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM))

  • Haripriya Gundimeda

    (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)

  • Thomas Hahn

    (Stockholm University)

  • Zuzana V. Harmáčková

    (Stockholm University
    Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences)

  • Marcello Hernández-Blanco

    (Independent scholar)

  • Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu

    (University of Kassel
    University of Kassel)

  • Mariaelena Huambachano

    (Syracuse University)

  • Natalia Lutti Hummel Wicher

    (Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo da Fundação Getúlio Vargas)

  • Cem İskender Aydın

    (Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University)

  • Mine Islar

    (Lund University)

  • Ann-Kathrin Koessler

    (University of Namur
    Leibniz University Hannover)

  • Jasper O. Kenter

    (Aberystwyth University
    Ecologos Research Ltd
    University of York)

  • Marina Kosmus

    (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ)

  • Heera Lee

    (Konkuk University
    Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Atmospheric Environmental Research (IMK-IFU))

  • Beria Leimona

    (International Centre for Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF))

  • Sharachchandra Lele

    (Centre for Environment & Development, ATREE
    Indian Institute of Science Education & Research
    Shiv Nadar University)

  • Dominic Lenzi

    (University of Twente)

  • Bosco Lliso

    (Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country
    World Benchmarking Alliance)

  • Lelani M. Mannetti

    (Georgia State University)

  • Juliana Merçon

    (Instituto de Investigaciones en Educación, Universidad Veracruzana)

  • Ana Sofía Monroy-Sais

    (Centro de Investigaciones en Geografía Ambiental, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM))

  • Nibedita Mukherjee

    (Brunel University)

  • Barbara Muraca

    (University of Oregon)

  • Roldan Muradian

    (Universidade Federal Fluminense)

  • Ranjini Murali

    (The Snow Leopard Trust
    Humboldt Universität zu Berlin)

  • Sara H. Nelson

    (University of British Columbia)

  • Gabriel R. Nemogá-Soto

    (University of Winnipeg
    Universidad Nacional de Colombia)

  • Jonas Ngouhouo-Poufoun

    (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
    Congo Basin Institute (CBI))

  • Aidin Niamir

    (Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Institute)

  • Emmanuel Nuesiri

    (African Leadership College (ALC))

  • Tobias O. Nyumba

    (University of York
    African Conservation Centre)

  • Begüm Özkaynak

    (Boğaziçi University)

  • Ignacio Palomo

    (University of Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, INRAE)

  • Ram Pandit

    (Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, School of Agriculture and Environment, University of Western Australia
    Hokkaido University)

  • Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville

    (Global and International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
    Nicholaus Copernicus University)

  • Luciana Porter-Bolland

    (Red de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.)

  • Martin Quaas

    (German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv))

  • Julian Rode

    (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ))

  • Ricardo Rozzi

    (Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Universidad de Magallanes
    University of North Texas)

  • Sonya Sachdeva

    (Northern Research Station, US Forest Service)

  • Aibek Samakov

    (Aigine Cultural Research Center)

  • Marije Schaafsma

    (Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    University of Southampton)

  • Nadia Sitas

    (Stellenbosch University)

  • Paula Ungar

    (The Field Museum of Natural History)

  • Evonne Yiu

    (Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)

  • Yuki Yoshida

    (National Institute for Environmental Studies)

  • Eglee Zent

    (Laboratorio Ecología Humana, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas)

Abstract

Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human well-being1,2, addressing the global biodiversity crisis3 still implies confronting barriers to incorporating nature’s diverse values into decision-making. These barriers include powerful interests supported by current norms and legal rules such as property rights, which determine whose values and which values of nature are acted on. A better understanding of how and why nature is (under)valued is more urgent than ever4. Notwithstanding agreements to incorporate nature’s values into actions, including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)5 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals6, predominant environmental and development policies still prioritize a subset of values, particularly those linked to markets, and ignore other ways people relate to and benefit from nature7. Arguably, a ‘values crisis’ underpins the intertwined crises of biodiversity loss and climate change8, pandemic emergence9 and socio-environmental injustices10. On the basis of more than 50,000 scientific publications, policy documents and Indigenous and local knowledge sources, the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) assessed knowledge on nature’s diverse values and valuation methods to gain insights into their role in policymaking and fuller integration into decisions7,11. Applying this evidence, combinations of values-centred approaches are proposed to improve valuation and address barriers to uptake, ultimately leveraging transformative changes towards more just (that is, fair treatment of people and nature, including inter- and intragenerational equity) and sustainable futures.

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  • Unai Pascual & Patricia Balvanera & Christopher B. Anderson & Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer & Michael Christie & David González-Jiménez & Adrian Martin & Christopher M. Raymond & Mette Termansen & Arild Vatn, 2023. "Diverse values of nature for sustainability," Nature, Nature, vol. 620(7975), pages 813-823, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:620:y:2023:i:7975:d:10.1038_s41586-023-06406-9
    DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06406-9
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    1. Albrecht, Eerika & Isaac, Roman & Räsänen, Aleksi, 2024. "Legal and political arguments on aquatic ecosystem services and hydropower development – A case study on Kemi River basin, Finland," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
    2. Ralf C. Buckley & Sonya Underdahl, 2023. "Tourism and Environment: Ecology, Management, Economics, Climate, Health, and Politics," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(21), pages 1-11, October.
    3. Jayaraman, Aishwarya & Rajan, Sudhir Chella & Ramu, Palaniappan, 2024. "Food system resilience: Unraveling power relations and the Matthew effect in farmers networks," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 200(C).
    4. Rachelle K. Gould & Austin Himes & Lea May Anderson & Paola Arias Arévalo & Mollie Chapman & Dominic Lenzi & Barbara Muraca & Marc Tadaki, 2024. "Building on Spash's critiques of monetary valuation to suggest ways forward for relational values research," Environmental Values, , vol. 33(2), pages 139-162, April.
    5. Broome, James David & Cook, David & Davíðsdóttir, Brynhildur, 2024. "Heavenly lights: An exploratory review of auroral ecosystem services and disservices," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 67(C).
    6. Lelli, Chiara & Parisi, Laura & Heemskerk, Irene & Boldrini, Simone & Ceglar, Andrej, 2023. "Living in a world of disappearing nature: physical risk and the implications for financial stability," Occasional Paper Series 333, European Central Bank.

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