Natural capital markets: Putting a price on nature

Carbon markets are just the start of a revolution putting a price on nature.

Whether its the deforestation of our rainforests, the leakage of waste plastics into the ocean, or the destruction of the coral reefs by pollution, the damage being done to our natural ecosystem is becoming clearer by the day.

The main pressures on terrestrial, marine and other aquatic biodiversity include habitat loss and fragmentation, over-exploitation of natural resources, pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. The root…