The business of biodiversity: can we put a value on nature?

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - 09:33 in Mathematics & Economics

By Gareth Willmer, from Horizon Nature provides people with everything from food and water to timber, textiles, medicinal resources and pollination of crops. Now, a new approach aims to measure exactly what a specific ecosystem supplies in order to incentivise decision-makers and businesses to help combat biodiversity loss. The concept of quantifying these so-called ecosystem services, which […]

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