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Use and Abuse of the “Natural Capital” Concept

Authors:
Christiane Kliemann

Entry type:
Misc

Year of publication:
2014

Publishers:
Degrowth.de Blog

Language:
English

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By Herman Daly Some people object to the concept of “natural capital” because they say it reduces nature to the status of a commodity to be marketed at its exchange value. This indeed is a danger, well discussed by George Monbiot. Monbiot’s criticism rightly focuses on the monetary pricing of natural capital. But it is