The Case and Movement for Securing People and Nature

Lisa Mandle, Zhiyun Ouyang, James Salzman, Ian Bateman, Carl Folke, Anne D. Guerry, Cong Li, Jie Li, Shuzhuo Li, Jianguo Liu, Stephen Polasky, Mary Ruckelshaus, Bhaskar Vira, Alvaro Umaña Quesada, Weihua Xu, Hua Zheng, Gretchen C. Daily

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Abstract

Growth in human population and economic activity has dramatically transformed our planet since the Industrial Revolution. While driving significant improvements in human well-being, these forms of growth also deeply eroded the natural capital embodied in Earth’s lands, waters, and biodiversity. Rapid economic development has lifted hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and raised the standard of living and life expectancies of many more, but the costs of this success cast a long shadow over future well-being.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGreen Growth That Works
Subtitle of host publicationNatural Capital Policy and Finance Mechanisms from Around the World
PublisherIsland Press-Center for Resource Economics
Pages3-16
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781642830040
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2020

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