Broadening the Justifications for Inclusive Conservation: Values Associated With Nature's Contributions to People
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In: Conservation Letters, Vol. 18, No. 5, e13129, 01.09.2025.
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T1 - Broadening the Justifications for Inclusive Conservation: Values Associated With Nature's Contributions to People
AU - Gross, Milena
AU - von Wehrden, Henrik
AU - Mwampamba, Tuyeni Heita
AU - Sanya, John
AU - Pearson, Jasmine
AU - Sesabo, Jennifer Kasanda
AU - Riechers, Maraja
AU - Arbieu, Ugo
AU - Böhning-Gaese, Katrin
AU - Martín-López, Berta
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Conservation Letters published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.
PY - 2025/9/1
Y1 - 2025/9/1
N2 - Overlooking the diverse values associated with Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) undermines conservation efforts. To examine this underresearched association, we combined the NCP and plural valuation frameworks to investigate how values are associated with groups of people with shared NCP preferences, referred to as NCP preference clusters. We conducted 623 surveys with 362 farmers, 50 nature conservationists, 55 tour guides, and 156 tourists within the social–ecological system (SES) of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, comprising a national park as well as inhabited and cultivated areas. We identified five distinct clusters, each expressing varying degrees of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values. While each framework overlooks key dimensions of people–nature relationships, combining both frameworks better captures the multidimensionality of such relationships and provides pivotal insights for inclusive conservation. To recognize the distinct associations between NCP preferences and diverse values, diversifying place-based conservation approaches in SESs with (a) protected area(s), without compromising biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, is pivotal.
AB - Overlooking the diverse values associated with Nature's Contributions to People (NCP) undermines conservation efforts. To examine this underresearched association, we combined the NCP and plural valuation frameworks to investigate how values are associated with groups of people with shared NCP preferences, referred to as NCP preference clusters. We conducted 623 surveys with 362 farmers, 50 nature conservationists, 55 tour guides, and 156 tourists within the social–ecological system (SES) of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, comprising a national park as well as inhabited and cultivated areas. We identified five distinct clusters, each expressing varying degrees of intrinsic, instrumental, and relational values. While each framework overlooks key dimensions of people–nature relationships, combining both frameworks better captures the multidimensionality of such relationships and provides pivotal insights for inclusive conservation. To recognize the distinct associations between NCP preferences and diverse values, diversifying place-based conservation approaches in SESs with (a) protected area(s), without compromising biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, is pivotal.
KW - Inclusive conservation
KW - IPBES
KW - Relational values
KW - Sociocultural values
KW - Stakeholders
KW - Value pluralism
KW - Ecosystems Research
KW - Inclusive conservation
KW - IPBES
KW - Relational values
KW - Sociocultural values
KW - Stakeholders
KW - Value pluralism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105018490552&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/conl.13129
DO - 10.1111/conl.13129
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:105018490552
VL - 18
JO - Conservation Letters
JF - Conservation Letters
SN - 1755-263X
IS - 5
M1 - e13129
ER -