Indicators for relational values of nature s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia
2020
Schröter, M. | Basak, 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.
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. © 2020, © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor and Francis Group.
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