Why put a Value on Nature?
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The references thousands of sources as to why and how to value nature.
These two quotes ground us in the why:
"Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money."
- Osage saying, circa 1893
"…by bringing economics and ecology together, we can help save the natural world at what may be the last minute – and in doing so, save ourselves."
- Sir David Attenborough The Dasgupta Review: the Economics of Biodiversity 2021
The RealValue of Natural Capital expresses the value nature in a language everyone understands: dollars.
"BASIN is not financializing nature, we are naturalizing finance." - Jeff Stephens