TY - JOUR
T1 - A systematic literature review of non-market valuation of Indigenous peoples’ values: Current knowledge, best-practice and framing questions for future research
AU - Manero, Ana
AU - Taylor, Kat
AU - Nikolakis, William
AU - Adamowicz, Wiktor
AU - Marshall, Virginia
AU - Spencer-Cotton, Alaya
AU - Nguyen, Mai
AU - Grafton, Quentin
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Non-market valuation (NMV) can be effective to understand the value people place on ecosystem goods and services for which there are no market prices. Over the last 20 years, NMV has increasingly been applied to
Indigenous contexts, albeit with important conceptual and methodological limitations. We conduct a global
systematic literature review and detailed meta-synthesis of 63 peer-reviewed studies on NMV research applied to
Indigenous peoples’ values. Selected studies are categorized by methods, year of publication, geographic area
and ecosystem components. Australia (n = 19), the USA (n = 9) and Canada (n = 8) account for over half of all
articles. Important knowledge gaps remain in the NMV peer–reviewed literature for other geographic areas. Our
taxonomy based on ‘whose values’ and ‘which values’ reveals that a large proportion of studies (n = 24) focused
on values held by Indigenous peoples, predominately on direct-use values (n = 12) and total economic values (n
= 10). Studies based on the general population (n = 17) typically examined altruistic and/or existence values (n
= 15). Our analysis identified seven main strategies used by previous studies to overcome critical limitations of
NMV when applied to Indigenous peoples’ values. Strategies include: (1) engaging directly and ethically with
Indigenous peoples; (2) investigating multi-dimensional values; (3) valuing health benefits; (4) adopting nonmonetary payment vehicles; (5) using market prices for valuation; (6) sampling the broad population; and (7)
investigating non-cumulative values. Based on this review, we provide seven critical questions to guide future
NMV research: (1) What is the purpose?; (2) How does Indigenous knowledge inform NMV?; (3) Who benefits?,
(4) What ethical frameworks apply?; (5) Whose values are considered?; (6) What is the expected change?; and (7)
How are NMV limitations handled? Our contribution provides researchers and policy-makers with the most upto-date review of the state-of-knowledge and suggestions for best-practice on the use of NMV methods when applied to Indigenous peoples’ values.
AB - Non-market valuation (NMV) can be effective to understand the value people place on ecosystem goods and services for which there are no market prices. Over the last 20 years, NMV has increasingly been applied to
Indigenous contexts, albeit with important conceptual and methodological limitations. We conduct a global
systematic literature review and detailed meta-synthesis of 63 peer-reviewed studies on NMV research applied to
Indigenous peoples’ values. Selected studies are categorized by methods, year of publication, geographic area
and ecosystem components. Australia (n = 19), the USA (n = 9) and Canada (n = 8) account for over half of all
articles. Important knowledge gaps remain in the NMV peer–reviewed literature for other geographic areas. Our
taxonomy based on ‘whose values’ and ‘which values’ reveals that a large proportion of studies (n = 24) focused
on values held by Indigenous peoples, predominately on direct-use values (n = 12) and total economic values (n
= 10). Studies based on the general population (n = 17) typically examined altruistic and/or existence values (n
= 15). Our analysis identified seven main strategies used by previous studies to overcome critical limitations of
NMV when applied to Indigenous peoples’ values. Strategies include: (1) engaging directly and ethically with
Indigenous peoples; (2) investigating multi-dimensional values; (3) valuing health benefits; (4) adopting nonmonetary payment vehicles; (5) using market prices for valuation; (6) sampling the broad population; and (7)
investigating non-cumulative values. Based on this review, we provide seven critical questions to guide future
NMV research: (1) What is the purpose?; (2) How does Indigenous knowledge inform NMV?; (3) Who benefits?,
(4) What ethical frameworks apply?; (5) Whose values are considered?; (6) What is the expected change?; and (7)
How are NMV limitations handled? Our contribution provides researchers and policy-makers with the most upto-date review of the state-of-knowledge and suggestions for best-practice on the use of NMV methods when applied to Indigenous peoples’ values.
U2 - 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101417
DO - 10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101417
M3 - Article
VL - 54
SP - 1
EP - 18
JO - Ecosystem Services
JF - Ecosystem Services
SN - 2212-0416
ER -