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050 00 $aGE195.7$b.J86 2013
082 00 $a304.2$223
100 1 $aJuniper, Tony.
245 10 $aWhat has nature ever done for us? :$bhow money really does grow on trees /$cTony Juniper ; foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.
264 1 $aSanta Fe :$bSynergetic Press,$c[2013]
300 $axiii, 309 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aSealed world -- Indispensable dirt -- Life from light -- Eco-innovation -- The pollinators -- Ground control -- Liquid assets -- Sunken billions -- Ocean planet -- Insurance -- Natural health service -- False economy?
520 $aA new wave of environmental attention focuses 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 underlie our economies. It has been estimated that these and other services are worth about twice the global GDP, and yet we take most of these services for granted, imagining them free and limitless- until they suddenly switch off. This is a book full of immediate, impactful stories, containing warnings, such as the rabies epidemic that followed a disappearance of Indian vultures (hormones in cattle killed the birds and resulted in a surplus of carcasses, creating an explosion of wild dogs), as well as promising and enlightening tales of how birds protect fruit harvests, coral reefs shield coasts from storms and how the rainforests absorb billions of tons of carbon released from automobiles and power stations. Tony Juniper's book will change the whole way you think about life, the planet and the economy.
650 0 $aEnvironmental responsibility.
650 0 $aEnvironmentalism$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aSustainability$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aNature$xEffect of human beings on.
852 00 $bbar$hGE195.7$i.J86 2013