The pitfalls of plural valuation


Por: Jacobs, Sander, Kelemen, Eszter, O'Farrell, Patrick, Martin, Adrian, Schaafsma, Marije, Dendoncker, Nicolas, Pandit, Ram, Mwampamba, Tuyeni H., Palomo, Ignacio, Castro, Antonio J., Huambachano, Mariaelena A., Filyushkina, Anna, Gunimeda, Haripriya

Publicada: 1 oct 2023 Ahead of Print: 1 sep 2023
Resumen:
This paper critically examines the current political context in which valuation studies of nature are undertaken. It challenges the belief that somehow, more and technically better valuation will drive the societal change toward more just and sustainable futures. Instead, we argue that current and proposed valuation practices risk to continue to overrepresent the values of those who hold power and dominate the valuation space, and to perpetuate the discrimination of the views and values of nondominant stakeholders. In tackling this politically sensitive issue, we define a political typology of valuations, making explicit the roles of power and discrimination. This is done to provide valuation professionals and other actors with a simple framework to determine if valuation actions and activities are constructive, inclusive, resolve injustices and enable systemic change, or rather entrench the status quo or aggravate existing injustices. The objective is to buttress actors in their decisions to support, accept, improve, oppose, or reject such valuations.

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Research Institute for Nature and Forest INBO, Havenlaan 88 bus 73, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
ESSRG Nonprofit Kft, Ferenciek tere 2., Budapest, H-1053, Hungary
United Nations University - Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources, UNU-FLORES Ammonstrasse 74, Dresden, 01067, Germany
Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag x17 Bellville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa
School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom
Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1111, Amsterdam, 1081 HV, Netherlands
University of Namur, Department of Geography, Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE), 61 Rue de Bruxelles, Namur, 5000, Belgium
Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UWA School of Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Global Center for Food, Land and Water Resources, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Kita 9, Nishi 10, Kita-ku?, Hokkaido, Sapporo, 060-8589, Japan
Institute for Ecosystems and Sustainability Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Morelia Campus, 8701 Antigua Carretera a Pátzcuaro, Col. Exhacienda de San José de la Huerta, Morelia, C.P. 58190, Mexico
Department of Ecosystems and Conservation, Faculty of Forestry, Wildlife and Conservation, Sokoine University of Agriculture, P.O. Box 3000, Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania
Univ. Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, INRAE, Grenoble INP, IGE, Grenoble, 38000, France
Centro Andaluz para la Evaluación y Seguimiento del Cambio Global (CAESCG), Departamento de Biología y Geología, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, Almería, 04120, Spain
Native and Indigenous Studies Program, Global Indigenous Cultures and Environmental Justice Center, Syracuse University, United States
Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7044, Uppsala, 750 07, Sweden
Department of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India
Res Inst Nat & Forest INBO, Havenlaan 88 Bus 73, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
ESSRG Nonprofit Kft, Ferenciek Tere 2, H-1053 Budapest, Hungary
United Nations Univ, Inst Integrated Management Mat Fluxes & Resources, UNU FLORES Ammonstr 74, D-01067 Dresden, Germany
Univ Western Cape, Fac Nat Sci, Dept Biodivers & Conservat Biol, Private Bag X17 Bellville, ZA-7535 Cape Town, South Africa
Univ East Anglia, Sch Int Dev, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England
Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Inst Environm Studies IVM, De Boelelaan 1111, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
Univ Namur, Inst Life Earth & Environm ILEE, Dept Geog, 61 Rue Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur, Belgium
Univ Western Australia, Ctr Environm Econ & Policy, UWA Sch Agr & Environm, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
Hokkaido Univ, Res Fac Agr, Global Ctr Food Land & Water Resources, Kita 9,Nishi 10,Kita Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 0608589, Japan
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Ecosyst & Sustainabil Res, Morelia Campus,8701 Antigua Carretera Patzcuaro, Morelia 58190, Mexico
Sokoine Univ Agr, Fac Forestry Wildlife & Conservat, Dept Ecosyst & Conservat, POB 3000,Chuo Kikuu, Morogoro, Tanzania
Univ Grenoble Alpes, IRD, CNRS, INRAE,Grenoble INP,IGE, F-38000 Grenoble, France
Univ Almeria, Ctr Andaluz Evaluac & Seguimiento Cambio Global C, Dept Biol & Geol, Almeria 04120, Spain
Syracuse Univ, Global Indigenous Cultures & Environm Justice Ctr, Native & Indigenous Studies Program, Syracuse, NY USA
Swedish Univ Agr Sci, Dept Ecol, POB 7044, S-75007 Uppsala, Sweden
Indian Inst Technol, Dept Econ, Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
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