Use of ecosystem services economic valuation for decision making: Questioning a literature blindspot

► The paper addresses the Use of Ecosystem Services economic Valuation (UESV) for decision-making. ► It reviews treatment of UESV in hundreds of peer-reviewed papers. ► UESV is hardly addressed in the selected literature. ► The most commonly mentioned UESV is “informative” rather than “decisive” or technical. ► Hypotheses and research avenues are classified and discussed.