TY - JOUR

T1 - Diverse values of nature for sustainability

AU - Pascual, Unai

AU - Balvanera, Patricia

AU - Anderson, Christopher B.

AU - Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca

AU - Christie, Michael

AU - González-Jiménez, David

AU - Martin, Adrian

AU - Raymond, Christopher M.

AU - Termansen, Mette

AU - Vatn, Arild

AU - Athayde, Simone

AU - Baptiste, Brigitte

AU - Barton, David N.

AU - Jacobs, Sander

AU - Kelemen, Eszter

AU - Kumar, Ritesh

AU - Lazos, Elena

AU - Mwampamba, Tuyeni H.

AU - Nakangu, Barbara

AU - O’Farrell, Patrick

AU - Subramanian, Suneetha M.

AU - van Noordwijk, Meine

AU - Ahn, So Eun

AU - Amaruzaman, Sacha

AU - Amin, Ariane M.

AU - Arias-Arévalo, Paola

AU - Arroyo-Robles, Gabriela

AU - Cantú-Fernández, Mariana

AU - Castro, Antonio J.

AU - Contreras, Victoria

AU - De Vos, Alta

AU - Dendoncker, Nicolas

AU - Engel, Stefanie

AU - Eser, Uta

AU - Faith, Daniel P.

AU - Filyushkina, Anna

AU - Ghazi, Houda

AU - Gómez-Baggethun, Erik

AU - Gould, Rachelle K.

AU - Guibrunet, Louise

AU - Gundimeda, Haripriya

AU - Hahn, Thomas

AU - Harmáčková, Zuzana V.

AU - Hernández-Blanco, Marcello

AU - Horcea-Milcu, Andra Ioana

AU - Huambachano, Mariaelena

AU - Wicher, Natalia Lutti Hummel

AU - Aydın, Cem İskender

AU - Islar, Mine

AU - Koessler, Ann Kathrin

AU - Kenter, Jasper O.

AU - Kosmus, Marina

AU - Lee, Heera

AU - Leimona, Beria

AU - Lele, Sharachchandra

AU - Lenzi, Dominic

AU - Lliso, Bosco

AU - Mannetti, Lelani M.

AU - Merçon, Juliana

AU - Monroy-Sais, Ana Sofía

AU - Mukherjee, Nibedita

AU - Muraca, Barbara

AU - Muradian, Roldan

AU - Murali, Ranjini

AU - Nelson, Sara H.

AU - Nemogá-Soto, Gabriel R.

AU - Ngouhouo-Poufoun, Jonas

AU - Niamir, Aidin

AU - Nuesiri, Emmanuel

AU - Nyumba, Tobias O.

AU - Özkaynak, Begüm

AU - Palomo, Ignacio

AU - Pandit, Ram

AU - Pawłowska-Mainville, Agnieszka

AU - Porter-Bolland, Luciana

AU - Quaas, Martin

AU - Rode, Julian

AU - Rozzi, Ricardo

AU - Sachdeva, Sonya

AU - Samakov, Aibek

AU - Schaafsma, Marije

AU - Sitas, Nadia

AU - Ungar, Paula

AU - Yiu, Evonne

AU - Yoshida, Yuki

AU - Zent, Eglee

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).

PY - 2023

Y1 - 2023

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

U2 - 10.1038/s41586-023-06406-9

DO - 10.1038/s41586-023-06406-9

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 37558877

AN - SCOPUS:85167358387

VL - 620

SP - 813

EP - 823

JO - Nature Genetics

JF - Nature Genetics

SN - 1061-4036

ER -