Natural Partners ; We Depend On Nature Much More Than We Realise. Roger Owen Tells Us Why
Birmingham Post › October 30, 2009
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As the world begins to recover from one of the worst financial crises since the Great Depression and works to avoid a full-blown recession, much attention is focused on how to revitalise our economy, ensure financial stability and create jobs, but we must deepen our understanding of the economic value of nature and invest in the vital services that it provides for us, if we are to have a truly sustainable economic future.
Four-fifths of the West Midlands Region is rural and a century of innovation in agriculture and industry has delivered unprecedented economic prosperity, but has damaged many of the natural systems on which that prosperity ultimately depends. And, with climate change projections now suggesting that peak summer temperatures in the UK may rise by as much as 5.4C within 50 years, a purely technological approach is unlikely to deliver affordable solutions to the multiple challenges we face in the 21st century.See the full content of this document
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Natural Partners ; We Depend On Nature Much More Than We Realise. Roger Owen Tells Us Why
Restoring economic stability must not be detrimental to the nature and balance of our ecological systems. A healthy natural environment offers cost effective solutions to our problems and should underpin sustained long-term recovery across our region.
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