Daniel Moura  has started a new dis­cus­sion in the Bio­di­ver­sity Pro­fes­sion­als Group on LinkedIn on the value of valu­ing nature. This is based on a recent arti­cle pub­lished in the research news sec­tion of the Uni­ver­sity of Cam­bridge (UK), enti­tled “Does it help con­ser­va­tion to put a price on nature?”

“There is a risk that tra­di­tional con­ser­va­tion strate­gies ori­ented toward bio­di­ver­sity may not be effec­tive at pro­tect­ing the eco­nomic ben­e­fits of an ecosys­tem, and vice-versa”

argues Pro­fes­sor Bill Adams of the University’s Depart­ment of Geog­ra­phy. This is def­i­nitely another inter­est­ing piece of work and dis­cus­sion around the “hot topic” of how we value and man­age bio­di­ver­sity (and bio­di­ver­sity loss!), i.e. intrin­sic vs. eco­nomic value respectively.

Here’s the link to the dis­cus­sion (to join the dis­cus­sion you need to become mem­ber of the group).

To directly access the arti­cle, please see here or find a pdf below:

Does it help con­ser­va­tion to put a price on nature_