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  • From: "souscayrous" <souscayrous@wanadoo.fr>
  • To: "Permaculture@Lists. Ibiblio. Org" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] times they are a'changing
  • Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 20:34:03 +0200

The cash return from conserving wild places is far higher than the gains
made from developing them, researchers say.
They estimate humanity loses about $250bn through the loss of the habitat
destroyed in a single year.
That loss occurs in the year the destruction happens, and in every
subsequent year, they say.
They put the benefit-cost ratio at more than 100 to 1 in favour of
conservation.

This is from a bbc news story see
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2179291.stm for further information.
When nature is reduced to a monetary figure those in positions of power sit
up and take note and, ultimately, things start to happen. That is the way
things happen. It is only a pity that it has already taken the extinction of
a third of all species for this profit and loss ledger to be calculated.
Souscayrous




  • [permaculture] times they are a'changing, souscayrous, 08/09/2002

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