This lecture from the Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health at the Oxford Martin School addresses emerging methods of measuring natural capital and assessing ecological services in the context of economic analysis.

Watch the full video here. See also the Foodsource resource Why are the environmental impacts of the food system a concern?

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Ecosystem services Environmental accounting/costing Green economy/alternative economic models Political economy
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19 Nov 2018
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