Bank of Natural Capital

The Bank of Natural Capital is an educational initiative associated with The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) to communicate natural capital investment and value theory related to what are sometimes called "economic intangibles" to the global public, in particular the direct economic and financial value of ecosystem services to man.[1][2]

It encapsulates the idea that the natural world is defined as capital and something to profit on through a capitalist society, saying 'we pay for things we find valuable'. The capitalist construction of nature as something with a value will lead to, as already apparent its over-abstraction and system collapse.

References

"Bank of natural – Capital". bankofnaturalcapital.com.
"Sustainable Prosperity | Major U.N. Report: Failure to Price Nature's Value Undermines the Economy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-11-05.

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[1] "Bank of natural – Capital". bankofnaturalcapital.com.

[2] "Sustainable Prosperity | Major U.N. Report: Failure to Price Nature's Value Undermines the Economy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-11-05.