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Economic returns from the biosphere

Nature volume 391, pages 629–630 (1998)Cite this article

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Industrial companies and environmentalists are traditional opponents. But conflict may not be necessary: there is money to be made in projects that embrace environmental goals.

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  1. Graciela Chichilnisky and Geoffrey Heal are at the Columbia University Earth Institute, 535 West 116th Street, New York, 10027-6902, New York, USA

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Chichilnisky, G., Heal, G. Economic returns from the biosphere. Nature 391, 629–630 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1038/35481

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