What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees, North American Edition

Name: What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow on Trees, North American Edition
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ISBN: 9780907791485

ISBN-10: 0907791484

ISBN-13: 9780907791485

Edition: 2013

Authors: Tony Juniper, HRH Prince Of Wales

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During recent years, and since 2005 in particular, the environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and efforts to achieve low carbon economies. But a number of academic, technical, political, business and NGO initiatives indicate that there is a new wave of environmental attention focused on a wholly different set of subjects: namely that of 'natural capital,' 'ecosystem services' and 'biodiversity,' or in other words, what Nature does for us.From Indian Vultures to Chinese bees and from recycling miracles in the soil to the abundant genetic codebook underpinning our food and pharmaceutical needs, Nature provides the 'ecosystem services' that…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Scb Distributors
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Foreword: HRH The Prince of Wales


Prologue: Sealed World



Indispensable Dirt



Life from Light



Eco-innovation



The Pollinators



Ground Control



Liquid Assets



Sunken Billions



Ocean Planet



Insurance



Natural Health Service



False Economy?


Acknowledgements


Index