Coral reefs are worth £6tn a year in services they provide for people - almost four times as much as the UK economy - an assessment of the value of natural assets has found in the ‘Earth Index’ drawn up for BBC Earth.
The U.S. Administration issued a memorandum directing Federal agencies to factor the value of ecosystem services into Federal planning and decision-making.
A new report from Australia shows Victoria’s Parks and their ecosystem services include AU$1.4 billion per year from tourism and $83 million from water filtration services.
Colombia becomes the fourth WAVES country to embark on constructing ecosystem accounts.
