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Pricing Nature to Save It
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What's a bog worth? For anyone who has ever paddled a canoe or caught frogs in a pond, assigning a dollar amount to nature may seem, well, unnatural. Then again, there will always be those who look at a bog and see a muddy spot on the map ripe for turning, literally, a concrete …

Have You Ever Imagined You'd Buy, Sell, Trade! Ecosystem Services?
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If you think conversations about ecosystem markets are often quite technical or complex, you're not the only one.

Marine Conservation Reduces Poverty
Source: The Nature Conservancy

Well-managed, locally-supported marine reserves in the Asia-Pacific region significantly help in reducing poverty and enhancing the quality of life for residents of local communities, according to a new study, which provides tangible evidence that these investments bring about me …

New Study Finds Biodiversity Conservation Secures Ecosystem Services for People
Source: Conservation International

Helping to conserve plant & animal life also helps to alleviate poverty

Colonizing Planet Earth
Source: worldchanging.com

The ability to colonize other planets is the ability to rewild our ecosystems--to reforest our plains and mountains, and to restock our oceans.

Valuing Nature

Economists have successfully branded themselves as scientists with mathematical exactitude that allows them to artfully negotiate the vagaries of human consumption patterns through pricing mechanisms.

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