The potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programs to integrate nature's
diverse values into decision-making, and thereby support broader transformative change, is …

Transformative changes toward sustainability are political because the aim, the 'how', and
the speed of such transformations are constantly disputed across diverse actors with varying …

Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human
well-being 1, 2, addressing the global biodiversity crisis 3 still implies confronting barriers to …

In this article, we present results from a literature review of intrinsic, instrumental, and
relational values of nature conducted for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on …

In the past 5 years, scholarly and policy attention to relational values, a concept that
articulates plural values of nature, has grown steadily. To date, there are no published …

Payments for ecosystem services (PES) are increasingly being implemented worldwide as
conservation instruments that provide conditional economic incentives to landowners for a …

Failure to address the climate and biodiversity crises is undermining human well-being and
increasing global inequality. Given their potential for addressing these societal challenges …

Studies found that rapid decline of biodiversity and ecosystems globally have adversely
affected an estimated 1.6 billion rural people whose livelihoods both directly and indirectly …

Values play a significant role in decision-making, especially regarding nature. Decisions
impact people and nature in complex ways and understanding which values are prioritised …

Tropical forest frontier areas support the well‐being of local populations in myriad ways. Not
only do they provide the material basis for people's livelihoods, they also sustain socio …