The value of ecosystems is largely invisible to markets. Ricardo Bayon and Michael Jenkins call on governments to drive regulatory and voluntary economic instruments that put a price on the services that nature provides.
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Bayon, R., Jenkins, M. The business of biodiversity. Nature 466, 184–185 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/466184a
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