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intrinsic value

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The ethical or philosophical value that an object has, in and of itself. It is the actual value of an asset based on underlying perceptions of both tangible and intangible factors.

The value inherent to nature, independent of human experience and evaluation, and therefore beyond the scope of anthropocentric valuation approaches.

Asia-Pacific assessment, Land degradation and restoration assessment, Europe and Central Asia assessment, Scenarios and models assessment IPBES/4/INF/13.

This concept refers to inherent value, that is the value something has independent of any human experience or evaluation. Such a value is viewed as an inherent property of the entity and not ascribed or generated by external valuing agents.

Americas assessment Pascual et al., 2017.

See values.

Americas assessment

This concept refers to inherent value, that is the value something has independent of any human experience and evaluation. Such a value is viewed as an inherent property of the entity and not ascribed or generated by external valuing agents.

Africa assessment Pascual et al., 2017.

See values.

Europe and Central Asia assessment