Nature loss 'dwarfs bank crisis'
- added October 10, 2008
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- OriginalCreation
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The current banking crisis is losing the global economy billions of pounds but the disappearance of our forrest dwarfs that amount.
The annual loss of forest loss is estimated to be between $2 and $5 tillion!!!
The figure comes from adding the value of the various services that forests perform, such as providing clean water and absorbing carbon dioxide.
Speaking to BBC News on the fringes of the congress, study leader Pavan Sukhdev states
"It's not only greater but it's also continuous, it's been happening every year, year after year," he told BBC News.
"So whereas Wall Street by various calculations has to date lost, within the financial sector, $1-$1.5 trillion, the reality is that at today's rate we are losing natural capital at least between $2-$5 trillion every year."
The annual loss of forest loss is estimated to be between $2 and $5 tillion!!!
The figure comes from adding the value of the various services that forests perform, such as providing clean water and absorbing carbon dioxide.
Speaking to BBC News on the fringes of the congress, study leader Pavan Sukhdev states
"It's not only greater but it's also continuous, it's been happening every year, year after year," he told BBC News.
"So whereas Wall Street by various calculations has to date lost, within the financial sector, $1-$1.5 trillion, the reality is that at today's rate we are losing natural capital at least between $2-$5 trillion every year."
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- OriginalCreation
- 1 month ago
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kraky mate, that's bull krick . this is really pissing me off. im bout to go green giant on those beyotches
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- Recycle_psycho
- 1 month ago
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WTF!
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- 5thElement
- 1 month ago
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Wall street losses are based on money that only has value in the 'faith' of it's worth. In other words, we pretend that it has value.
Natural losses are based on a reality that is based on intrinsic worth. In other words we have to pretend that it has no value.
Our pretending had better get real. And quick.
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