What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? - How Money Really Does Grow On Trees (Paperback, Main)

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

General

Imprint:	Profile Books Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2013
First published:	2013
Authors:	Tony Juniper
Dimensions:	198 x 130 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / B-format
Pages:	324
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-84668-560-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
LSN:	1-84668-560-5
Barcode:	9781846685606

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