What has nature ever done for us? : how money really does grow on trees af Tony Juniper (Bog)

How Money Really Does Grow on Trees

From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, nature provides 'natural services', 24/7. Yet we take most of nature's services for granted, imagining them free and limitless - until they suddenly switch off. This book is full of immediate, impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) but also the positive (how birds protect the Dutch apple harvest, or the Amazon rainforests evaporate 20 billion tonnes of water each day)

During recent years, environmental debate worldwide has been dominated by climate change, carbon emissions and eff orts 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 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. This book is fi lled with immediately impactful stories of the challenges and grave problems that we face; as well as with tales that reveal the promise of more enlightened activity. Tony Juniper's book will change the way you think about life, the planet and the economy.

Titel: What has nature ever done for us? : how money really does grow on trees

Forfatter: Tony Juniper

Forlag: Profile

Udgivelsesår: 2013

Sider: 256

Sprog: Engelsk