In this Huffington Post blog, Rainforest Alliance President Tensie Whelan says there is still a distance to go before there is real specificity and widespread agreement among companies and consumers about what terms like "natural capital" or "sustainability" mean. She says this can be seen as a shortcoming or a vacuum, but it's also a huge opportunity for smart businesses to take up and that more than ever consumers want to live meaningfully and engage with brands that have a purpose.

In this blog, Paula Caballero, Senior Director of the World Bank's Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice, describes how sustainable tourism policies can be an engine of growth to meet Tanzania's development needs and that the same assets that support tourism also need to serve the poorest who depend on nature for their survival.

World Bank Environmental Specialist, Julian Lee, writes in this blog that the dramatic decline in honeybee populations has received wide media coverage, and not just because it imperils honey production. He says that agricultural production is also at risk, due to the important role bees play as pollinators.

Countries are ranked by GPD or GDP per citizen, implying that countries with higher rankings are doing better overall than countries with lower rankings. But GDP doesn’t actually tell us much about the value of natural capital, like clean air or healthy forests. Such natural goods and services, despite their great economic contributions, are largely viewed as free.