by Tony Juniper - £9.99 Profile Books Ltd (2013)
paperback
ISBN 13: 9781846685606 | ISBN 10: 1846685605
From Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook that underpins our food, pharmaceutical industries and much more, it has been estimated that these and other services are each year worth about double global GDP. Yet we take most of Nature's services for granted, imagining them free and limitless ... until they suddenly switch off.
This is a book full of immediate, impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) but also the positive (how birds protect fruit harvests, coral reefs protect coasts from storms and how the rainforests absorb billions of tonnes of carbon released from cars and power stations).
Tony Juniper's book will change whole way you think about life, the planet and the economy.
(Price & availability last checked: November 2019)
In booklists: Economics and Economic Alternatives, Nature and Wildlife,
In categories: Anti-Capitalism & Global Inequality, Environment & Animal Rights,
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