THE ROLE OF PRIVATE CAPITAL IN CONSERVATION

April 20, 2018

The natural world upon which we rely is facing  profound challenges. Across most metrics of environmental health, exploitation by mankind is putting extreme stress upon the ability of
ecosystems to support biodiversity and to provide the clean water, climate stability, and foodstuffs that human civilization requires. The rate of species extinction has risen sharply in the industrial age, and continues to rise. Today we are consuming ‘natural capital’ in the name
of financial short-term profits, consigning future generations to a world that is greatlyImpoverished due to nature’s depletion.

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