Natural Capital and Sustainable Growth >>> lecture Thursday 6th April > Exeter University

The environment is actually quite valuable - in every sense of that word:
Futures Forum: TEEB: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity
Futures Forum: Environmental Economics
Futures Forum: Sidmouth Arboretum: The Value of Trees

Tomorrow sees a very interesting lecture on the subject happening at the University:

Natural Devon’s 2017 Lecture

Professor Dieter Helm CBE –  Natural Capital and Sustainable Growth

Thursday 6th April 2017, 6pm (Lecture planned to start at 6.30pm and finish at 7.45pm)
Newman Blue Lecture Theatre, Exeter University, Streatham Campus, EX4 4ST

Professor Dieter Helm is an Official Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford, Professorial Research Fellow of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Chair of the Natural Capital Committee and member of the LEEP Advisory Board for the University of Exeter.  Yale University Press published the paperback edition of his recent book – Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet, in 2016.

In the face of growing environmental pressures Professor Dieter Helm is looking to offer a set of strategies for establishing natural capital policy that is balanced, economically sustainable, and politically viable.  He believes that the commonly held view that environmental protection poses obstacles to economic progress is false, and that the environment must be at the very core of economic planning.

Professor Helm’s lecture is particularly relevant this year given opportunities presented by Brexit, the development of Devon Local Plans and the development of the Heart of the South West Productivity Plan.

In partnership with The University of Exeter 

Directions:  http://www.exeter.ac.uk/visit/directions/streatham/The Newman Blue Lecture Theatre is number 18 on this link – htttp://www.exeter.ac.uk/visit/directions/streathammap/

If you would like to book a place please email –  tom.whitlock@devon.gov.uk

Natural Devon’s 2017 Annual Lecture | Local Nature Partnership

The idea is gaining ground:
Natural Capital - Valuing the Planet - Dieter Helm
Natural Capital: Valuing the planet

See also:
Longer game will reach past election | Otago Daily Times Online News
Does money grow on trees after all? | The Independent
The business case for soil : Nature News & Comment
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