Tom O’Riordan discusses valuation as revelation and reconciliation, arguing that a more legitimate participatory form of democracy is required to reveal valuation through consensual negotiation.

Klaus Peter Rippe and Peter Schaber discuss democracy and environmental decision-making.

Andrew Jamison and Erik Baark attempt to indicate how national cultural differences affect the ways in which science and technology policies in the environmental field are formulated and implemented.

Michael Lockwood synthesizes insights from philosophy, psychology, and economics towards an understanding of how humans value nature.