Are we losing nature by not putting enough value on it? Monty Don asks Tony Juniper and Bill Adams in this extended interview from Shared Planet.
Nature's invisible on the balance sheet. We already give it spiritual and scientific value—should it have economic value too?
This is an extended interview from BBC Radio 4's Shared Planet.
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