Pascual, UBalvanera, PDíaz, SPataki, GO’Farrell, Patrick2017-06-072017-06-072017-06Pascual, U., Balvanera, P., Diaz, S. et al. 2017. Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 26-27: 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.12.0061877-3435http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343517300040https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2016.12.006http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9262Under a Creative Commons license.Nature is perceived and valued in starkly different and often conflicting ways. This paper presents the rationale for the inclusive valuation of nature’s contributions to people (NCP) in decision making, as well as broad methodological steps for doing so. While developed within the context of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), this approach is more widely applicable to initiatives at the knowledge–policy interface, which require a pluralistic approach to recognizing the diversity of values. We argue that transformative practices aiming at sustainable futures would benefit from embracing such diversity, which require recognizing and addressing power relationships across stakeholder groups that hold different values on human nature-relations and NCP.enIntergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem ServicesIPBESNature’s contributions to peopleNCPPluralistic valuationArticlePascual, U., Balvanera, P., Díaz, S., Pataki, G., & O’Farrell, Patrick (2017). Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9262Pascual, U, P Balvanera, S Díaz, G Pataki, and O’Farrell, Patrick "Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9262Pascual U, Balvanera P, Díaz S, Pataki G, O’Farrell, Patrick. Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9262.TY - Article AU - Pascual, U AU - Balvanera, P AU - Díaz, S AU - Pataki, G AU - O’Farrell, Patrick AB - Nature is perceived and valued in starkly different and often conflicting ways. This paper presents the rationale for the inclusive valuation of nature’s contributions to people (NCP) in decision making, as well as broad methodological steps for doing so. While developed within the context of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), this approach is more widely applicable to initiatives at the knowledge–policy interface, which require a pluralistic approach to recognizing the diversity of values. We argue that transformative practices aiming at sustainable futures would benefit from embracing such diversity, which require recognizing and addressing power relationships across stakeholder groups that hold different values on human nature-relations and NCP. DA - 2017-06 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services KW - IPBES KW - Nature’s contributions to people KW - NCP KW - Pluralistic valuation LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 SM - 1877-3435 T1 - Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach TI - Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9262 ER -