Consider the Oyster: why economics still has so much to learn from the natural world
From Charles Dickens to the Dasgupta report, the story of the oyster holds gritty hope for conservation.
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How a new kind of fish farming could save the UK’s wild salmon
Salmon is one of the UK’s largest exports but in the wild they are overfished and undernourished. Could sustainable aquaculture…
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The US has been quietly preparing for a huge expansion in wind power
As the cost of offshore wind power has been driven down by Europe and China, companies in the US are…
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The mission to map the world’s ocean floors
Seabeds hold the key to our understanding of climate change, but remain largely undocumented.
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Why deep-sea mining is risky for everyone
Huge reserves of metals lie deep in the ocean, but extracting them poses environmental, scientific, financial and political risks.
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Natural capital: the race to put a price on the world’s oceans
To a significant number of the world’s businesses, the oceans are vital assets that receive no capital maintenance. Economists are…
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