Capitalizing on Nature: Ecosystems as Natural Assets

Livro estado de novo brochura – 336p – sem nome – sem dedicatória – sem notas – sem grifos – sem carimbo – miolo firme – The basic unit of nature – the ecosystem – is a special form of wealth, which we can think of as a stock of natural capital. However, perhaps because this capital is free, we have tended to view it as limitless, abundant and always available for our use, exploitation and conversion. Capitalizing on Nature shows how modeling ecosystems as natural capital can help us to analyze the economic behavior that has led to the overuse of so much ecological wealth. It explains how this concept of ecosystem as natural capital sheds light on a number of important issues, including landscape conversion, ecological restoration, ecosy… – 20168445