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What Nature Does For Britain

Tony Juniper

From Shelf: There and back again

Ecology meets economics head on in Tony Juniper's valuation of the UK's natural capital.

From the peat bogs and woodlands that help to secure our water supply, to the bees and soils that produce most of the food we eat, Britain is rich in 'natural capital'. Yet we take supplies of clean water and secure food for granted, rarely considering the free work nature does for Britain. In fact for years we have damaged the systems that sustain us under the illusion that we are keeping prices down, through intensive farming, drainage of bogs, clearing forests and turning rivers into canals. As Tony Juniper's new analysis shows, however, the ways in which we meet our needs often doesn't make economic sense. Through vivid first hand accounts and inspirational examples of how the damage is being repaired, Juniper takes readers on a journey to a different Britain from the one many assume we inhabit, not a country where nature is worthless or an impediment to progress, but the real Britain, the one where we are supported by nature, wildlife and natural systems at almost every turn.

Format:
Paperback / softback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Profile Books Ltd
ISBN:
9781781253281
Published Date:
12/2/2015
Dimensions:
198mm x 128mm x 22mm
Weight:
200g
Category:
Applied ecology

RRP: £10.99

Format: Paperback / softback

ISBN: 9781781253281


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