Interview: Sir Partha Dasgupta on finding a natural remedy to the destruction of nature

Sir Partha Dasgupta, author of the landmark Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity, tells Chris Seekings why a new approach is needed to halt and reverse humanity’s destruction of nature
Last year, the Dasgupta Review, a landmark review into the economics of biodiversity, concluded: “To detach nature from economic reasoning is to imply that we consider ourselves to be external to natuContinue reading this with an IEMA membership
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