What price nature? Looking at the NEWP

15th July 2011


The natural environment white paper for England has quickly followed publication of the national ecosystem assessment. Paul Suff examines the implications for business

Economic growth and the natural environment are mutually compatible, claims the government’s natural environment white paper (NEWP). “A healthy, properly functioning natural environment is the foundat

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