Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia

Matthias Schröter; Esra Başak; Michael Christie; Andrew Church; Hans Keune; Elena Osipova; Elisa Oteros-Rozas; Stefanie Sievers-Glotzbach; Alexander P.E. van Oudenhoven; Patricia Balvanera; David González; Sander Jacobs; Zsolt Molnár; Unai Pascual; Berta Martín-López

doi:10.1080/26395916.2019.1703039

Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia

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Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia. / Schröter, Matthias; Başak, Esra; Christie, Michael et al.
In: Ecosystems and People, Vol. 16, No. 1, 10.01.2020, p. 50-69.

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Schröter, M, Başak, E, Christie, M, Church, A, Keune, H, Osipova, E, Oteros-Rozas, E, Sievers-Glotzbach, S, van Oudenhoven, APE, Balvanera, P, González, D, Jacobs, S, Molnár, Z, Pascual, U & Martín-López, B 2020, 'Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia', Ecosystems and People, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 50-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2019.1703039

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Schröter, M., Başak, E., Christie, M., Church, A., Keune, H., Osipova, E., Oteros-Rozas, E., Sievers-Glotzbach, S., van Oudenhoven, A. P. E., Balvanera, P., González, D., Jacobs, S., Molnár, Z., Pascual, U., & Martín-López, B. (2020). Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia. Ecosystems and People, 16(1), 50-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2019.1703039

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Schröter M, Başak E, Christie M, Church A, Keune H, Osipova E et al. Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia. Ecosystems and People. 2020 Jan 10;16(1):50-69. doi: 10.1080/26395916.2019.1703039

Bibtex

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abstract = "Relational values are values of desirable relationships between people and nature and among people (through nature). We report on the approach to capture relational values of nature{\textquoteright}s contributions to people in the regional assessment for Europe and Central Asia of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). We present a framework considering indicators along four relational value dimensions about people{\textquoteright}s relationships with nature: security and sovereignty; health; equity and justice; and heritage, social identity and stewardship. The framework has been operationalized for three nature{\textquoteright}s contributions to people (NCP): regulation of freshwater quality and quantity, food and feed, and physical and psychological experiences derived from nature. We identify ways to empirically assess relational values of nature{\textquoteright}s contributions to people at regional and continental scales with social-ecological indicators and proxies, ranging from biophysical indicators to indicators that intersect socio-economic with biophysical data. We conclude that many of the identified indicators can be considered as useful proxies of relational values in a quantitative way. The analysis shows that relational values are essential to consider at the science-policy interface as they are an important set of values that people hold about nature and that go beyond instrumental relations.",

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