€92 trillion is the estimated annual value of services to humankind provided by nature according a new book “ What Has Nature Ever Done For Us – How Money Really Does Grow On Trees” by Tony Juniper. It’s all about the “bioeconomy “ stupid, as an American President might have said in another incarnation.
Stalker notes that Teagasc uses the word bioeconomy in its latest advertising. “Teagasc, the Agriculture and Food Development Authority, supports science based innovation in the agri-food sector and the wider bioeconomy to underpin profitability, competitiveness and sustainability.”
It’s good to know that the whitecoats are focussed on sustainability and the bioeconomy