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008			120913s2013 enka 001|0|eng|d
020			_a9781846685606 _c£9.99 _qpaperback
040			_aStDuBDS _beng _cStDuBDS _dStDuBDSZ _erda
100	1		_aJuniper, Tony, _eauthor
245	1	0	_aWhat has nature ever done for us? : _bhow money really does grow on trees / _cTony Juniper ; foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales.
264		1	_aLondon : _bProfile Books _c2013
300			_axi, 324 pages : _billustrations (black and white) _c20 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aIncludes index.
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aFrom Indian vultures to Chinese bees, Nature provides the 'natural services' that keep the economy going. From the recycling miracles in the soil; an army of predators ridding us of unwanted pests; an abundance of life creating a genetic codebook that underpins our food, pharmaceutical industries and much more, it has been estimated that these and other services are each year worth about double global GDP. Yet we take most of Nature's services for granted, imagining them free and limitless ...until they suddenly switch off. This is a book full of immediate, impactful stories, containing both warnings (such as in the tale of India's vultures, killed off by drugs given to cattle, leading to an epidemic of rabies) but also the positive (how birds protect fruit harvests, coral reefs protect coasts from storms and how the rainforests absorb billions of tonnes of carbon released from cars and power stations). Tony Juniper's book will change whole way you think about life, the planet and the economy.
650		0	_aNature _xEffect of human beings on _99482
650		0	_aEnvironmental economics. _915683
650		0	_aEcosystem services.
650		7	_aEnvironment and Ecology. _2ukslc
650		7	_aPopular science _2thema
700	1		_aCharles, _cThe Prince of Wales _eforeword writer
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