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What Nature Does for Britain
Tony Juniper
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Description for What Nature Does for Britain
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; RNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 238.
From the peat bogs and woodlands that help to secure our water supply, to the bees and soils that produce most of the food we eat, Britain is rich in 'natural capital'. Yet we take supplies of clean water and secure food for granted, rarely considering the free work nature does for Britain. In fact for years we have damaged the systems that sustain us under the illusion that we are keeping prices down, through intensive farming, drainage of bogs, clearing forests and turning rivers into canals. As Tony Juniper's new analysis shows, however, the ways in which we meet ... Read more
From the peat bogs and woodlands that help to secure our water supply, to the bees and soils that produce most of the food we eat, Britain is rich in 'natural capital'. Yet we take supplies of clean water and secure food for granted, rarely considering the free work nature does for Britain. In fact for years we have damaged the systems that sustain us under the illusion that we are keeping prices down, through intensive farming, drainage of bogs, clearing forests and turning rivers into canals. As Tony Juniper's new analysis shows, however, the ways in which we meet ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781253281
SKU
V9781781253281
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99-99
About Tony Juniper
Tony Juniper is an independent sustainability and environment adviser, including as Special Advisor with the Prince's Charities International Sustainability Unit and as a Senior Associate with the University of Cambridge Program for Sustainability Leadership, and he is a founder member of the Robertsbridge Group that advises international companies. He speaks and writes on many aspects of sustainability and is the ... Read more
Reviews for What Nature Does for Britain
Praise for Tony Juniper: 'He is by popular consent the most effective of Britain's eco-warriors
Independent
One of the top ten environmental figures of the last thirty years
The ENDS Report
[Tony Juniper] is among the 100 people who are making the decisions that affect your life
Country Life
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Independent
One of the top ten environmental figures of the last thirty years
The ENDS Report
[Tony Juniper] is among the 100 people who are making the decisions that affect your life
Country Life
What Nature Does ... Read more