Failing to put a value on nature condemns it
by Dieter Helm from Environment | The Guardian on (#VERJ)
Placing an economic value on 'natural capital' forces companies to conserve nature rather than destroy it
"Nature is priceless"; "you can't but a price on nature"; "economic valuations are a neo-liberal conspiracy": these are the sorts of claims levelled at the natural capital approach to the environment. At best they represent a category mistake, and at worst they condemn the environment to yet more degradation.
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