A group of leading world experts has met to discuss the state of the world’s oceans. Their findings, surprising even to them, are that the oceans of the world are under more severe stress than already understood. Conditions are now being created that are the same as all five mass-extinctions in the past 600 million …
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Financial benefits of green spaces and ecosystems
“If the UK’s ecosystems are properly cared for, they could add an extra £30bn a year to the UK’s economy; if they are neglected, the economic cost would be more than £20bn a year… Inland wetlands, for instance, are worth £1.5bn a year in improving water quality alone, and pollinators such as bees are worth …
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