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‘For so long, government ministers have treated biodiversity as way down the to-do list, beneath winning the next election and ensuring asset markets and public services are not in meltdown.’ Photograph: Alamy One of the most important things about this week’s landmark review into the value of nature may appear to be a footling detail: its publisher. The 600-page report was commissioned by the Treasury, headed by Rishi Sunak, rather than the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whose boss is George Eustice. The differenc...
It is “sheer madness” to continue on a path of destroying the natural world, the Prince of Wales has warned at the launch of a report for the Treasury. Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s review of the economics of biodiversity – the diversity of life on Earth – calls for a transformation in economic approach that properly values nature and reduces the pressure humans are putting on it. Charles warned that humans have already reached the point where there is not enough nature to meet our demands – and that while nature could recover if given the chance, the window to do so “is closi...
Nature needs to be valued alongside roads, skills and profits to halt damage to the natural world that could threaten economies, a report for the Treasury has warned. Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta’s review of the economics of biodiversity – the diversity of life on the planet – calls for a transformation that properly values nature in measures of economic success and reduces the pressure humans are putting on it. The review by Prof Dasgupta, who was asked to undertake his review in 2019 by then-chancellor Philip Hammond, warns current economic growth and prosperity has “come at a deva...