Hurrah - we squeeze from our planet to the last drop! What is not economically viable will be made profitable. Whether wetlands or coral reef, the money is beside the road who does not access, is to blame.
But what if the preservation of rainforests bottom line would be more lucrative than their destruction? When the protection of the oceans would promise a greater return than their pollution? If sustainable fisheries were to provide more than over-fishing?
sustainability would then finally have a value, even understand the politics and economy: a financial. This is not a romantic idea of the end of our ecological suicide. But probably the most promising.
fact, appeared in October, the last part of a study that has ways to quantify the value of nature. It was published by the United Nations Environment Programme and Pavan Sukhdev, an economist at Deutsche Bank, whose practices make me disrespectful usually .
is more cost effective, according "The Economics of Ecosystems & Biodiversity" of the forest protection. To halve global deforestation by 2030 would bring savings of up to 3.7 trillion dollars, resulting in such a way prevent climate disasters such as droughts, fires or floods.
The nearly 20 pages can be read easily, especially since the topic is really interesting. The YouTube generation, this film illustrates the idea in nice animations Kinetic Type:
Green Money (Video: Natural Capital Project ; via the future is green )
> Environment News Service When you find a good summary of TEEB
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