Nature's gift: How much is the ecosystem worth?
Agriculture & Food, Money, Politics, Sustainability, Systems thinkingA great series of articles from the BBC.
1. The full impact of the degradation of the natural world on the global economy – both on business and consumers.
2. The direct costs to businesses, both large and small.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rtcvw
The whole series is good but be careful, there are spurious figures in some of them
Please comment on the natural environment white paper!!!! Deadline is today! Say what you value in nature. Access to forest, green space, clean water, biodiversity!!!
http://ww2.defra.gov.uk/environment/natural/whitepaper/