The cost of nature conservation is by far outweighed by societal and economic benefits, argues a new report supported by the European Commission and published on Friday (13 November). The report urges international policymakers to scale-up investments in the management and restoration of ecosystems and to value the economic capital of nature in decision-making. It was prepared by the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative, which is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The report stresses that destruction of nature has direct economic repercussions which are systematically underestimated, and that valuing ecosystems makes "economic sense".
The report urges international policymakers to scale-up investments in the management and restoration of ecosystems and to value the economic capital of nature in decision-making.
It was prepared by the Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) initiative, which is hosted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
The report stresses that destruction of nature has direct economic repercussions which are systematically underestimated, and that valuing ecosystems makes "economic sense".
[...] Connectivity is a message reverberating in multiple work sessions as the week-long 9th World Wilderness Congress in Mérida comes to a close. Conservation biologists have long understood that preserves and parks surrounded by developed land are essentially biological islands and so are more prone to species extinction and vulnerable to the invasion of destructive non-native species. By contrast, a chain of protected areas spanning the length of India and Nepal's boundary has already seen degraded lands reduced by about 4,400 acres after just a few years, and tigers are returning, said Ghana Gurung, conservation program director at World Wildlife Fund - Nepal.
Conservation biologists have long understood that preserves and parks surrounded by developed land are essentially biological islands and so are more prone to species extinction and vulnerable to the invasion of destructive non-native species.
By contrast, a chain of protected areas spanning the length of India and Nepal's boundary has already seen degraded lands reduced by about 4,400 acres after just a few years, and tigers are returning, said Ghana Gurung, conservation program director at World Wildlife Fund - Nepal.
Saving Wild Places Will Save the Planet
Balderdash!, I say. It's not about saving the planet, it's about saving the quality of life for you fucking worthless humans, who I hope go extinct in the very near future. I'm a bacterial/fungal organism myself, and we're doing just fine. (Fucking humans! Bah!) In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.
You're a truffle.
