Nature's Fortune
How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature
New York : Basic Books, [2013]
Format: Ebook
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Description: 1 online resource (xix, 243 pages)
A bold proposal to harness capitalism for the sake of environmentalism by a former investment banker and a conservation biologist.
Contents:
A Note to Readers; Introduction; 1. Maybe It's Not Chinatown After All; 2. Not a Drop to Drink; 3. Let Floodplains Be Floodplains; 4. The New Fishing; 5. Feeding the World -- and Saving It; 6. The Million-Dollar Mile; 7. Investing in the Future in the Face of Climate Change; 8. Town and Country; 9. The Business Case for Nature; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Works Cited; Index
Subjects:
Environmental protection -- Economic aspects.
Conservation of natural resources -- Economic aspects.
Sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
Environmental protection -- Economic aspects.
Conservation of natural resources -- Economic aspects.
Sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
ISBN:
9780465046966
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Ebook
Electronic resource.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based upon print version of record.