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The Wealth of Nature | Limited | Spanish Edition
How many of the comforts we enjoy and the products we use come courtesy of
Nature's seemingly infinite warehouse of services? Bees pollinate the
cereals we eat for breakfast, forests and wetlands purify the water that we
drink, and the trees in our yards trap pollutants from the air we breathe.
All of these benefits, as well as our fuels and natural medicines and
countless others, come to us, free of charge, from our planet's healthy
ecosystems. As societies expand, however, we often lose sight of the
intimate links between the health of Nature and our own well-being. How do
we come to value the many services Nature provides that are necessary for
our survival? And, perhaps most importantly, how do we maintain the full
array of ecological services necessary for future generations to thrive?
This book provides an authoritative and beautifully illustrated survey of
the wide range of ecosystem services. It has been produced in collaboration
with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Conservation
International (CI) and the International League of Conservation
Photographers (ILCP).