Forbes
February 4, 2021
“We are embedded in Nature” and “nature is more than a mere economic good”, writes Prof Sir Partha Dasgupta in the new publication commissioned by the UK Treasury.
“Nature nurtures and nourishes us, so we will think of assets as durable entities that not only have use value, but may also have intrinsic worth.”
Dasgupta’s review presents the first comprehensive economic framework of its kind for biodiversity. And possibly the most prestigious one.
Back in 2019, the UK Government commissioned Dasgupta to lead an independent, global review on the economics of biodiversity. After an interim report in April 2020, the study was officially launched on Tuesday at an event hosted by the Royal Society and attended by the Prince of Wales, UK’s prime minister Boris Johnson and David Attenborough.