Diverse values of nature for sustainability
- 1Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3)
- 2Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
- 3Univ Nacl Tierra Fuego ICPA UNTDF
- 4World Wildlife Fund
- 5Aberystwyth University
- 6Global Resilience Partnership
- 7University of East Anglia
- 8University of Helsinki
- 9University of Copenhagen
- 10Norwegian University of Life Sciences
- 11State University System of Florida
- 12Universidad EAN
- 13Norwegian Institute Nature Research
- 14Research Institute for Nature & Forest
- 15ESSRG Nonprofit Kft
- 16Wetlands Int South Asia
- 17World Wide Fund Nat WWF
- 18University of the Western Cape
- 19United Nations University
- 20Int Ctr Forestry Res & World Agroforestry CIFOR I
- 21Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
- 22Universite Felix Houphouet-Boigny
- 23Universidad del Valle
- 24Universidad de Almeria
- 25Rhodes University
- 26University of Namur
- 27University Osnabruck
- 28Off Environm Eth
- 29University of Sydney
- 30Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
- 31OCP Fdn
- 32University of Vermont
- 33Indian Institute of Technology System (IIT System)
- 34Stockholm University
- 35Universitat Kassel
- 36Syracuse University
- 37Escola Adm Empresas Sao Paulo Fdn Getulio Vargas
- 38Bogazici University
- 39Lund University
- 40Ecologos Res Ltd
- 41Deutsch Gesell Int Zusammenarbeit GIZ
- 42Konkuk University
- 43ATREE
- 44University of Twente
- 45World Benchmarking Alliance
- 46University System of Georgia
- 47Universidad Veracruzana
- 48Brunel University
- 49University of Oregon
- 50Universidade Federal Fluminense
- 51Snow Leopard Trust
- 52University of British Columbia
- 53University of Winnipeg
- 54Int Inst Trop Agr IITA
- 55Senckenberg Biodivers & Climate Res Inst
- 56African Leadership Coll ALC
- 57African Conservat Ctr
- 58Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD)
- 59University of Western Australia
- 60University of Northern British Columbia
- 61Instituto de Ecologia - Mexico
- 62German Ctr Integrat Biodivers Res IDiv
- 63Helmholtz Association
- 64
- 65United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- 66Aigine Cultural Res Ctr
- 67Stellenbosch University
- 68Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago)
- 69Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
- 70National Institute for Environmental Studies - Japan
- 71Venezuelan Institute Science Research
Journal
Nature
ISSN
0028-0836
1476-4687
Open Access
hybrid
Volume
620
Start page
813
End page
823
Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human well-being(1,2), addressing the global biodiversity crisis(3) 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 ever(4). Notwithstanding agreements to incorporate nature's values into actions, including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)(5) and the UN Sustainable Development Goals(6), 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 nature(7). Arguably, a 'values crisis' underpins the intertwined crises of biodiversity loss and climate change(8), pandemic emergence(9) and socio-environmental injustices(10). 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 decisions(7,11). 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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