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Natural capital: nature’s saviour or sell-out?

By: Rolf Groeneveld · 31 October 2016
Category: Environmental economics

We all know nature is of vital importance to mankind: the oxygen we breathe, the food we eat, and the water we drink would not be there without forests, wetlands, and other natural systems. So why is it still being degraded? Some ecologists and economists argue that the fundamental reason…

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