Nature markets involve converting ecosystem services into tradable commodities which are bought by others mainly to offset the damage to ecosystems they are causing elsewhere, either on a voluntary or regulated basis. For example, companies or individuals may buy biodiversity credits that indicate a defined improvement in biodiversity to offset or neutralise an equal reduction in biodiversity they have caused elsewhere.

Monarch butterflies rest on a tree trunk covered in moss with a blue sky in the background. Photo by Erica Lowe via Unsplash.
Event recording
Event Recording: Counting on Nature - How should we value nature in our food systems?
This event was co-hosted by TABLE and the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food on 2 June 2025 in a hybrid format and took the form of a panel discussion moderated by Tara Garnett (Director, TABLE) with:Rohit Kaushish (Chief Economics Advisor, National Farmers' Union);Constance McDermott (Associate Professor and Jackson Senior Research Fellow in Land Use and Environmental Change, Oriel College and the Environmental Change Institute at University of Oxford);Vassilis Gkoumas (Economist, WWF-UK);Henry Leveson-Gower (Founder & CEO, Promoting Economic Pluralism).The event was inspired by the TABLE explainer Making Nature Count: How should we value nature in our food systems? (authored by Henry Leveson-Gower). 
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