 Significantly, the popular instrumental-versus-intrinsic argumentation has sometimes meant a neglect of biodiversity option  value.[1]  Commonly, the instrumental value of biodiversity is characterised as all about supporting of functions/resilience within ecosystems, not global option values. Some literature suggests that relational values importantly move beyond the standard instrumental-versus-intrinsic framework (e.g., Himes &amp; Muraca 2018). In the context of biodiversity option value, greater appreciation of relational values in fact restores a link to biodiversity value that has been obscured by the popular instrumental-versus-intrinsic argumentation.