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How do you put a price tag on nature?

Last updated 25 days ago

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Question 1

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1. What is one service the bats play on the cotton farm this is discussed?

Question 2

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1. Out of the 4-5 million dollars earned by the cotton farmers, what would the cost be to those same farmers for the ecosystem service provided by the bats?

Question 3

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1. What is the calculated dollar value (per year) of every ecosystem on the planet?

Question 4

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1. Why did the apple farmers in China start to spray pesticides? What happened to the bees?

Question 5

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1. What was the short term economic gain when workers manually pollinated the apple trees? Why did orchard owners feel that this was not economically sustainable?

Question 6

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1. The aesthetic value argument of nature has a number of downfalls. Why do some feel it is important to include the economic and legislative value when discussing nature’s ecosystem services?

Question 7

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1. What are some of the different ecosystem services discussed?

Question 8

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1. Search for the world’s GDP on CIA Factbook. How does this compare to the #3 above?

Question 9

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1. Continue to search for the dollar value for the world’s ecosystem services. What are some of the different amounts? Why is this difficult to determine?