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In this <jats:italic>People and Nature<\/jats:italic> special feature entitled \u2018The Multiple Values of Nature\u2019, researchers interpreted all three key words differently: multiple, values and nature. The articles also engaged variously with concepts, theory, practice and data. In the face of this diversity, some see a burgeoning field and others see a mess.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>In this editorial, we characterize the diversity of these contributions and consider whether the field is poised to become mainstream. Specifically, we ask what might be limiting its efforts to unsettle the dominance of economic valuation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Like the broader field, the articles engage little with theory, and only one paper engaged with a theory of value (the dominant \u2018utility theory\u2019, rejecting a component of it). All articles thus seemed dissatisfied or disengaged with existing theories of value; this suggests that popular theories of value cannot properly account for the diversity of ways that people value and relate to nature. Perhaps there is <jats:italic>a fundamental lack in how we understand value in any context<\/jats:italic> (not just nature). As this fledgling field matures, we argue that building theory is key. 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