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July 9, 2026Current Opinion in Environmental SustainabilityOpen Access

Reconsidering values and preferences in biodiversity economics: Insights from political theory

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Shows how prioritizing justice in biodiversity valuation can improve conservation efforts, influencing policymakers.

Key Points

  • The primary aim is to explore how political theory can enhance the understanding of values and preferences in biodiversity economics.
  • Examined insights from normative political theory and their implications for biodiversity economics.
  • Proposed a Values Assessment framework to evaluate the prioritization of values, especially for disadvantaged groups.
  • Discussed the moral implications of excluding incompatible values from biodiversity conservation.
  • Policymakers should prioritize the values of the least advantaged over other competing values for just conservation outcomes.
  • Establishing a framework that omits values incompatible with justice aids in achieving broader social justice goals.
  • Revising existing approaches can help align biodiversity conservation with moral obligations in decision-making.

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Chris Armstrong (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4f39e32b81a944af574794https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2026.101688
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