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Biodiversity: Putting a price on nature

Gretchen Daily knows the value of ecosystems — but can ascribing financial worth to them help to maintain biodiversity? Emma Marris meets an ecosystem-services evangelist.

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Marris, E. Biodiversity: Putting a price on nature. Nature 462, 270–271 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/462270a

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