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Diverse values of nature for sustainability

Diverse values of nature for sustainability | Biodiversité | Scoop.it

Twenty-five years since foundational publications on valuing ecosystem services for human well-being1,2, addressing the global biodiversity crisis3 still implies confronting barriers to incorporating nature’s diverse values into decision-making. These barriers include powerful interests supported by current norms and legal rules such as property rights, which determine whose values and which values of nature are acted on. A better understanding of how and why nature is (under)valued is more urgent than ever4. Notwithstanding agreements to incorporate nature’s values into actions, including the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)5 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals6, predominant environmental and development policies still prioritize a subset of values, particularly those linked to markets, and ignore other ways people relate to and benefit from nature7. Arguably, a ‘values crisis’ underpins the intertwined crises of biodiversity loss and climate change8, pandemic emergence9 and socio-environmental injustices10.

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Pascual, U., Balvanera, P., Anderson, C.B. et al. Diverse values of nature for sustainability. Nature (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06406-9

Sur la base de plus de 50 000 publications scientifiques, documents politiques et sources de connaissances autochtones et locales, l'IPBES a évalué les connaissances sur les diverses valeurs et méthodes d'évaluation de la nature. Objectif : tirer parti des changements transformateurs vers un avenir plus juste (c'est-à-dire un traitement équitable des personnes et de la nature, y compris l'équité inter et intragénérationnelle) et durable.

Cet article publié dans Nature (9/08/2023) fait suite à la publication de juillet 2022 :  Évaluation des valeurs de l'IPBES - Des décisions fondées sur un ensemble restreint de valeurs marchandes de la nature sous-tendent la crise mondiale de la biodiversité

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Conservation, biodiversity and infectious disease: scientific evidence and policy implications | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Conservation, biodiversity and infectious disease: scientific evidence and policy implications | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | Biodiversité | Scoop.it
 Is there a way to simultaneously advance conservation and human health, especially in low- and middle-income countries? That goal has attracted considerable recent attention among biologists, land managers, public health practitioners, and even policy makers. One major focus of this debate has surrounded the suggestion that biodiversity conservation may systematically decrease infectious disease risk for diseases carried by wildlife through specific ecological mechanisms.
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Issue compiled and edited by Hillary Young, Chelsea Wood, A Marm Kilpatrick, Kevin Lafferty, Charles Nunn and Jeffrey Vincent
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Investing in nature makes more sense than ever

We know from science that we need to protect 30 percent of the planet’s land and oceans by 2030 to stop biodiversity loss, and we need to limit global warming to 1.5°C to keep the planet habitable. We also know that we have a short time frame to transform the way we live to the degree that is needed – and knowing where to begin can be difficult in the midst of crisis.  

The good news is that there is a strong economic rationale for making this shift. The benefits of investing in protecting nature outweigh the costs at least fivefold, with dividends including flood protection, clean water provision, soil conservation and avoided carbon emissions. Additional protections are expected to lead to an average of $250 billion in increased economic output and $350 billion in improved ecosystem services annually.

 
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July 31, 2020. Auteurs : Naoko Ishii, GEF CEO and Chairperson et Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, Costa Rican Environment and Energy Minister
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