APEC100 Lecture 8: Sustainable Development L8
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Us public"s comfort to terms connected to ecosystem services . Prefer to call this framework something other than ecosystem services . Nature"s value - 61% rated this as very appealing . Nature"s benefits - 53% rated this as very appealing . Earth"s benefits - 55% rated this as very appealing . Environmental value - 49% rated this as very appealing . Ecosystem services - 31% rated this as very appealing . Nature"s social safety net - 34% rated this as very appealing . Natural capital - 30% rated this as very appealing . Earth"s capital - 29% rated this as very appealing . Economic benefits or protecting natural systems and green infrastructure. New water treatment plant vs - . 5 billion over 10 years to protect. 8,534 acres of freshwater marsh and wooded swamp. More than billion in annual economic benefits including: