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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2023

Five steps towards transformative valuation of nature

Termansen, Mette; Jacobs, Sander; Pandit, Ram; Mwampamba, Tuyeni H.; Dendoncker, Nicolas; Schaafsma, Marije; Contreras, Victoria; Gonzalez-Jimenez, Davide; Gundimeda, Haripriya; Lee, Heera; Filyushkina, Anna; Huambachano, Mariaelena; Palomo, Ignacio; Castro, Antonio J.

Abstract

The Values Assessment (VA) of the Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows that while a wide range of valuation methods exist to include nature's values in diverse decision-making contexts, uptake of these methods remains limited. Building on the VA, this paper reviews five critical steps in the evaluation of project or policy proposals that can improve the inclusion of nature's values in decisions. Furthermore, improving valuation practice requires guidelines that utilise quality criteria for valuation of nature and ensure a balance between them. This paper proposes three such quality criteria: relevance, robustness and resource efficiency. The paper argues that the five steps and three Rs can generate a practical checklist to support commissioning, evaluation and performance of more plural valuations. Such guidelines can provide the next steps needed to improve uptake of nature valuation in decision-making.

Published in

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
2023, Volume: 64, article number: 101344
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCI LTD

      SLU Authors

    • Filyushkina, Anna

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Environmental Sciences

    Publication Identifiers

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101344

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    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/126666