Lauren Cooper a Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Values Assessment
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EmailFCCP Program Director, Lauren Cooper, contributes to the IPBES Methodological Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature.
Lauren Cooper a Contributing Author to the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Values Assessment
FCCP Program Director, Lauren Cooper, contributes to the IPBES Methodological Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature. In close collaboration with Patricio Zanabria Vizcarra of Peru, Cooper submitted an overview of the Shipetiari and Diamante communities in Madre de Dios, Peru to inform the report. Zanabria has close relationships with the communities in the Manu province of Madre de Dios thanks to over 20 years of experience working with communities in the Amazon.
Specifically, Cooper and Zanabria contributed to Chapter 3: The potential of valuation. This chapter introduces valuation of nature, the richness of valuation, key considerations, and guidance for valuation practice. The goal of such valuations are to “achieve improvements in human well-being, ecological sustainability, and justice of decision-making processes and outcomes.” This chapter assesses the potential of valuation methods to elicit and make sense of diverse values. Valuation methods from the fields of economics and ecology are explored, along with other procedures and practices that are used to assess the value of nature and human-nature relations, including those undertaken by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC).
This work is linked to Bosques + Gente: A Peruvian Collaboration Bridging Development and Conservation, (Forests and People in English). This partnership is between the Peruvian Ministry of the Environment (MINAM), Michigan State University (MSU), and Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP), and aims to assess efforts to protect and sustain the Peruvian rainforest with conservation by engaging and uplifting local communities.
Chapter 3: The potential of valuation can be found here. The full IPBES Methodological Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature can be found here.
