The land where we grow our food, the water that flows through it, and our vast oceans are the birthplace of all life on earth. These landscapes, and all the animal and plant life they hold, are our natural capital: the inherent value of the ecosystems and species we rely on to persist on this planet. Our systems of natural systems are declining fast, and that threatens every business with a complex supply chain and every nation's resource base.
The Natural Capital movement attempts to halt and reverse this trend by embedding the value of natural systems into economic systems. There is debate about the concept, but it is one of the few answers we have, and organizations worldwide are moving to implement it because ecological destruction is accelerating.
Progress is slow. There are real opportunities to accelerate and improve Natural Capital through innovative systems solutions for business and policy alike.
Nature should be given the value it deserves. It is the only real way we can safeguard our natural resources.