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Interview — Economics of biodiversity: can accounting help save nature?

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Article Published 30 Sep 2021 Last modified 29 Aug 2023

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Photo: © Javier Arcenillas, REDISCOVER Nature /EEA

Can putting a value on nature help protect it or do we need new governance models? How is trade linked to biodiversity loss and inequalities? We talked to James Vause, the lead economist at the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), who contributed to the Dasgupta review on the economics of biodiversity, especially to the chapter focused on trade and the biosphere.