...the $33 trillion worth of "free" deliverables provided to us by a healthy planet, including fertile soil, fresh water, breathable air, pollination, habitat, soil formation, pest control, a livable climate, and a bunch of other things we generally take for granted.He touches on the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment and a number of emerging attempts to assign economic value to ecosystem services, thereby making "externalities" into market "internalities." A great read.
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Don't miss Joel Makower's long and informative post on recent developments around ecosystem services:
David Roberts is staff writer for Grist. You can follow his Twitter feed at twitter.com/drgrist.
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sandy m Posted 1:08 am
01 Apr 2005
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David Roberts Posted 3:14 am
01 Apr 2005
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makower Posted 8:53 am
01 Apr 2005
From the book jacket:
The New Economy of Nature brings together Gretchen Daily, one of the world's leading ecologists, with Katherine Ellison, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, to offer an engaging and informative look at a new "new economy" - a system recognizing the economic value of natural systems and the potential profits in protecting them.
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