Diverse values of nature for sustainability

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Pascual, Unai and Balvanera, Patricia and Anderson, Christopher B. and Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca and Christie, Michael and Gonzalez-Jimenez, David and Martin, Adrian and Raymond, Christopher M. and Termansen, Mette and Vatn, Arild and Athayde, Simone and Baptiste, Brigitte and Barton, David N. and Jacobs, Sander and Kelemen, Eszter and Kumar, Ritesh and Lazos, Elena and Mwampamba, Tuyeni H. and Nakangu, Barbara and O'Farrell, Patrick and Subramanian, Suneetha M. and van Noordwijk, Meine and Ahn, SoEun and Amaruzaman, Sacha and Amin, Ariane M. and Arias-Arévalo, Paola and Arroyo-Robles, Gabriela and Cantú-Fernández, Mariana and Castro, Antonio J. and Contreras, Victoria and De Vos, Alta and Dendoncker, Nicolas and Salamin, Nicolas and Engel, Stefanie and Eser, Uta and Faith, Daniel P. and Filyushkina, Anna and Ghazi, Houda and Gomez-Baggethun, Erik and Gould, Rachelle K. and Guibrunet, Louise and Gundimeda, Haripriya and Hahn, Thomas and Harmáčková, Zuzana V. and Hernández-Blanco, Marcello and Horcea-Milcu, Andra-Ioana and Huambachano, Mariaelena and Lutti Hummel Wicher, Natalia and İskender Aydın, Cem and Islar, Mine and Koessler, Ann-Kathrin and Kenter, Jasper O. and Kosmus, Marina and Lee, Heera and Leimona, Beria and Lele, Sharachchandra and Lenzi, Dominic and Mannetti, Lelani M. and Merçon, Juliana and Sofía Monroy-Sais, Ana and Mukherjee, Nibedita and Muraca, Barbara and Muradian, Roldan and Murali, Ranjini and Nelson, Sara H. and Nemogá-Soto, Gabriel R. and Ngouhouo-Poufoun, Jonas and Niamir, Aidin and Nuesiri, Emmanuel and Nyumba, Tobias O. and Özkaynak, Begüm and Palomo, Ignacio and Pandit, Ram and Pawłowska-Mainville, Agnieszka and Porter-Bolland, Luciana and Quaas, Martin and Rode, Julian and Rozzi, Ricardo and Sachdeva, Sonya and Samakov, Aibek and Schaafsma, Marije and Sitas, Nadia and Ungar, Paula and Yiu, Evonne and Yoshida, Yuki and Zent, Eglee (2023) Diverse values of nature for sustainability. Nature.

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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.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to authors 2023
Subjects:	A ATREE Publications > G Journal Papers
Divisions:	Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies Centre for Environment and Development > Forest, Governance and Livelihood
Depositing User:	Ms Suchithra R
Date Deposited:	26 Nov 2025 07:26
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2025 07:26
URI:	http://archives.atree.org/id/eprint/828

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