Diverse values of nature for sustainability

Unai Pascual (), Patricia Balvanera, Christopher B. Anderson, Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer, Michael Christie, David González-Jiménez, Adrian Martin, Christopher M. Raymond, Mette Termansen, Arild Vatn, Simone Athayde, Brigitte Baptiste, David N. Barton, Sander Jacobs, Eszter Kelemen, Ritesh Kumar, Elena Lazos, Tuyeni H. Mwampamba, Barbara Nakangu, Patrick O’Farrell, Suneetha M. Subramanian, Meine Noordwijk, SoEun Ahn, Sacha Amaruzaman, Ariane M. Amin, Paola Arias-Arévalo, Gabriela Arroyo-Robles, Mariana Cantú-Fernández, Antonio J. Castro, Victoria Contreras, Alta Vos, Nicolas Dendoncker, Stefanie Engel, Uta Eser, Daniel P. Faith, Anna Filyushkina, Houda Ghazi, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Rachelle K. Gould, Louise Guibrunet, Haripriya Gundimeda, Thomas Hahn, Zuzana V. Harmáčková, Marcello Hernández-Blanco, Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu, Mariaelena Huambachano, Natalia Lutti Hummel Wicher, Cem İskender Aydın, Mine Islar, Ann-Kathrin Koessler, Jasper O. Kenter, Marina Kosmus, Heera Lee, Beria Leimona, Sharachchandra Lele, Dominic Lenzi, Bosco Lliso, Lelani M. Mannetti, Juliana Merçon, Ana Sofía Monroy-Sais, Nibedita Mukherjee, Barbara Muraca, Roldan Muradian, Ranjini Murali, Sara H. Nelson, Gabriel R. Nemogá-Soto, Jonas Ngouhouo-Poufoun, Aidin Niamir, Emmanuel Nuesiri, Tobias O. Nyumba, Begüm Özkaynak, Ignacio Palomo, Ram Pandit, Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Martin Quaas, Julian Rode, Ricardo Rozzi, Sonya Sachdeva, Aibek Samakov, Marije Schaafsma, Nadia Sitas, Paula Ungar, Evonne Yiu, Yuki Yoshida and Eglee Zent
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Unai Pascual: Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country
Patricia Balvanera: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Christopher B. Anderson: Universidad Nacional de Tierra del Fuego (ICPA-UNTDF)
Rebecca Chaplin-Kramer: Global Science, WWF
Michael Christie: Aberystwyth University
David González-Jiménez: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Adrian Martin: School of International Development, University of East Anglia
Christopher M. Raymond: 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
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)
Barbara Nakangu: World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)
Patrick O’Farrell: University of the Western Cape
Suneetha M. Subramanian: United Nations University
Meine Noordwijk: International Centre for Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
SoEun Ahn: Korea Environment Institute
Sacha Amaruzaman: International Centre for Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Ariane M. Amin: Université Felix Houphouët-Boigny
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
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
Houda Ghazi: OCP Foundation
Erik Gómez-Baggethun: Norwegian University of Life Sciences
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
Marcello Hernández-Blanco: Independent scholar
Andra-Ioana Horcea-Milcu: 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
Jasper O. Kenter: Aberystwyth University
Marina Kosmus: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ
Heera Lee: Konkuk University
Beria Leimona: International Centre for Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF)
Sharachchandra Lele: Centre for Environment & Development, ATREE
Dominic Lenzi: University of Twente
Bosco Lliso: Scientific Campus of the University of the Basque Country
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
Sara H. Nelson: University of British Columbia
Gabriel R. Nemogá-Soto: University of Winnipeg
Aidin Niamir: Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Institute
Emmanuel Nuesiri: African Leadership College (ALC)
Tobias O. Nyumba: University of York
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
Agnieszka Pawłowska-Mainville: Global and International Studies, University of Northern British Columbia
Luciana Porter-Bolland: Red de Ecología Funcional, Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
Julian Rode: Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Ricardo Rozzi: Cape Horn International Center (CHIC), Universidad de Magallanes
Sonya Sachdeva: Northern Research Station, US Forest Service
Aibek Samakov: Aigine Cultural Research Center
Marije Schaafsma: Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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

Nature, 2023, vol. 620, issue 7975, 813-823

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2023
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