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Natural Capital: What Is the True Cost of Food?
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The prices of foodstuff generally do not include contributions made by nature, such as clean water or fertile farmland. Some are trying to change that.

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Natural Capital: What Is the True Cost of Food?
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Global Program on Sustainability

GPS

WAVES is now part of the broader World Bank umbrella initiative, the Global Program for Sustainability (GPS).

Resources

TEEB for Agriculture & Food: Scientific and Economic Foundations

Technical Report , June 2018

Valuing Ireland’s Coastal, Marine and Estuarine Ecosystem Services

Technical Report , January 2018

Food wastage footprint: Full-cost accounting (Final Report)

Technical Report , January 2014

Mangroves in the Gulf of California Increase Fishery Yields

Technical Report , January 2012

Revaluing Ecosystems: Pathways for Scaling up the Inclusion of Ecosystem Value in Decision Making

Policy Brief , April 2015

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Wealth Accounting and the Valuation of Ecosystem Services (WAVES) is a World Bank-led global partnership that aims to promote sustainable development by ensuring that natural resources are mainstreamed in development planning and national economic accounts.

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