1.1 Perspectives and worldviews terminology

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What are worldviews?

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Worldviews are like lenses through which people perceive, make sense of, and act upon the world.

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What are knowledge systems?

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Knowledge systems are dynamic bodies of knowledge, practices, and beliefs pertaining to the relationships of living beings with one another and with nature, embedded in worldviews.

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What does scientific knowledge entail?

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Scientific knowledge systems entail explicit knowledge derived from applying formal and generalizable methods.

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What are values?

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Values are qualities or principles that people feel have worth and importance in life.

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What is indigenous and local knowledge?

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Indigenous and local knowledge includes traditional knowledge, is highly diverse, grounded in territory and sociocultural identity, and is based on different knowledge types (e.g., written, oral, visual, tacit, practical).

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What are broad values?

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Broad values are general moral guiding principles and life goals (e.g., freedom, justice, responsibility, harmony with nature, health, prosperity) informed by people's worldviews and beliefs.

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What are specific values?

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Specific values are judgments regarding nature's importance in particular situations, grouped into instrumental, intrinsic, and relational values.

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What are instrumental values?

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Instrumental values relate to things that are a means to a desired end and tend to be associated with nature (e.g., as asset, capital, resources) and its contributions to people.

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What are intrinsic values?

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Intrinsic values relate to the values of nature expressed without reference to people as valuers, including entities such as habitats or species that are worth protecting as ends in and of themselves.

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What are relational values?

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Relational values refer to the meaningfulness of people-nature interactions and interactions among people (including across generations) through nature (e.g., sense of place, spirituality, care, reciprocity).