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Around the world, people value nature in diverse and profound ways that extend far beyond economic usage. But this diversity in how people value nature is not properly reflected in key political and economic decisions. A new study published in Nature

A mining company's attempt to mine the sacred Niyamgiri Mountain met with protest and success as the courts recognized the indigenous communities' rights.

THE natural world’s “real value is often ignored in favour of short-term profits and economic growth”, a landmark report co-chaired by an Aberystwyth University academic has found.

 The way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is both a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis and a vital opportunity to address it, according to a four-year methodologic

The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Values Assessment responds to the need to support decision-makers in understanding and accounting for the wide range of nature’s values in policy decisions to address the current biodiversity crisis and to achieve  Sustainable Development Goals. Approved by representatives of the 139 Member States of IPBES in July 2022, the Assessment Report on Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature finds that...

There is a dominant global focus on short term profits and economic growth, often excluding the consideration of multiple values of nature in policy decisions and the way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is both a key driver ...

Narrow Valuation of Nature is Widening Biodiversity Loss

The ‘Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature’ report by IPBES9 suggests blending values of nature and economic benefits through policy making

Nature has diverse values, but it is poorly evaluated, and this is driving the global biodiversity crisis, top scientists say in a new report.

IPBES to Release New Assessments on the Values of Biodiversity and Sustainable Use of Wild Species