Values Assessment Directory
This page is designed to help navigate through all the documents of the sustainable use assessment, such as the data management reports, figures and all accompanying documents.
Prepared by Renske Gudde - TSU for knowledge and data
Reviewed by Aidin Niamir - Head of the Technical Support Unit of Knowledge and Data and David González-Jiménez - IPBES Programme management officer**
For any inquires please contact aidin.niamir@senckenberg.de
Version: 1
Last Updated: April 4th, 2025
Suggested citations for the SPM, chapters and full report
Full report
Summary for policymakers
- SPM
- Translations of the SPM in German and Japanese, and available for downloading in plain text in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish.{target=none}
- Figures of the SPM
- Tables of the SPM
Factsheets
Chapter
Chapter 2. Conceptualizing the diverse values of nature and their contributions to people
- Chapter 2 and supplementary material
- Figures
- Tables
- Systematic review of value types in academic literature
- Systematic review on the conceptualizations of values
- Literature review on value articulating institutions
- Literature review on the diverse perspectives on fisheries at the global scale
- Analysis of national and international policy documents related to biodiversity and sustainability
- Behaviour theories literature review
- Literature review regarding values, valuation and decision-making
- Analysis of contributions on the interconnections between languages, biodiversity and values
- Literature review for the philosophies of good living
- Literature review on multiple values concepts in academic literature
Chapter 3. The potential of valuation
- Chapter 3 and supplementary material
- Figures
- Tables
- Systematic PCIV (Principles, Criteria, Indicators, Verifiers) review on valuation methods
- Systematic Review of previous comparative assessments of valuation methods
- Systematic review on Method Families
- Historical development of nature-based valuation methods
- Reviews on IPLC approaches to valuation
- Analysis of Contributions on Values and Valuation Methods by ILK experts and holders
- Valuation Atlas
Chapter 4. Value expression in decision-making
- Chapter 4 and supplementary material
- Figures
- Tables
- Systematic review on motivational crowding by economic incentives in conservation policies
- Literature review on values considered in decision-making contexts at local level
- Systematic review on valuation uptake
- Literature review on outcomes in environmental certification
- Literature & case study review on outcomes in protected areas and indigenous and community conserved areas (ICCAs)
- Literature & case study review on outcomes in payments for ecosystem services / compensation for ecosystem services (PES/CES) programmes
- Literature review on values articulated in agrobiodiversity management
- Review on outcomes in big development projects (mining and dams)
- Literature review for the Amazonia ILK cross-assessment case study (cross-chapter/ILK)
- Coincidence of Aichi target 2 reporting and valuation at country level
Chapter 5. The role of diverse values of nature in visioning and transforming towards just and sustainable futures
- Chapter 5 and supplementary material
- Figures
- Tables
- Role of values in transformative change
- Systematic review of association between values of nature, nature’s contributions to people and good quality of life and futures in scenarios, visions and pathways
- Earth Stewardship and Biocultural Conservation projects
- Differences between future archetypes (text similarity analysis)