flooding cost lively- hood loss - university of florida...environment correspondent, bbc news...
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Cost of ecosystem loss 2-5% of GDP per year (Science, 2002)
(damage-costs, replacement & restoration costs, etc …)
+ 1-2 trillion US$ Perverse Subsidies ..
> 7% of GDP 2050 (COPI) Erosion
cost
Lively-
Hood
loss
Water
pollution
cost
Flooding
cost
Air
pollution
cost
Crop
loss
2-3 Trillion
US$/year
9 Oct 2010
Investing in nature (restoration) pays !
„Every dollar
invested ....
saves any-
where
between 7,5
and 200 US$
in damage &
repair costs“ TheEconomist
(23 April 2005)
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