What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow On Trees - Tony Juniper - Livros - Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S. - 9780907791478 - 3 de abril de 2014
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What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow On Trees North American edition

Tony Juniper

What Has Nature Ever Done for Us?: How Money Really Does Grow On Trees North American edition

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 tons of carbon released from cars and power stations). Tony Juniper's book will change the whole way you think about life, the planet and the economy.


336 pages

Mídia Livros     Paperback Book   (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado USA, 3 de abril de 2014
ISBN13 9780907791478
Editoras Synergetic Press Inc.,U.S.
Páginas 336
Dimensões 216 × 140 × 20 mm   ·   446 g
Idioma English  
Contribuidor HRH The Prince of Wales

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