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UN puts nature’s value on the balance sheet. Will it work?

Nepal Shivapuri Nagarjun National Park

Thomson Reuters Foundation Conservationists and environment officials hope new UN standards to measure the value of nature can help governments slow the rapid decline of plant and animal species worldwide. Adopted this week by the UN Statistical Commission, the accounting system comes as a global movement gathers pace to protect the natural world by valuing the contributions […]