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Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 03:00
Categories: 
Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
501 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Governments and businesses need an overhaul of policies and strategies to respond to the rapid loss of nature's riches, worth trillions of dollars but long taken for granted, a UN-backed study said on Wednesday. Damage to natural capital including forests, wetlands and grasslands is valued at $2-4.5 trillion annually, the United Nations estimates, but the figure is not included in economic data such as GDP, nor in corporate accounts.

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Governance [4]
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