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.Research output: Journal contributions › Scientific review articles › Research
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T1 - Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life
T2 - the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia
AU - Schröter, Matthias
AU - Başak, Esra
AU - Christie, Michael
AU - Church, Andrew
AU - Keune, Hans
AU - Osipova, Elena
AU - Oteros-Rozas, Elisa
AU - Sievers-Glotzbach, Stefanie
AU - van Oudenhoven, Alexander P.E.
AU - Balvanera, Patricia
AU - González, David
AU - Jacobs, Sander
AU - Molnár, Zsolt
AU - Pascual, Unai
AU - Martín-López, Berta
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/1/10
Y1 - 2020/1/10
N2 - 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’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’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’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’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.
AB - 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’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’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’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’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.
KW - biodiversity
KW - ecosystem services
KW - environmental ethics
KW - human well-being
KW - human-nature relationship
KW - indigenous and local knowledge
KW - Nature’s contributions to people
KW - O’Farrell, Patrick
KW - quality of life
KW - Sustainability Science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077712850&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/26395916.2019.1703039
DO - 10.1080/26395916.2019.1703039
M3 - Scientific review articles
VL - 16
SP - 50
EP - 69
JO - Ecosystems and People
JF - Ecosystems and People
SN - 2639-5908
IS - 1
ER -