The economic case for protecting nature

Did you know that globally, nature provides services worth around US$125 trillion a year?

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As long as global capitalism continues, the destruction, warming, and slaughter will continue.

I get you're interested in optics here, but any conceivable solution would be far more radical. Thinking that we just need to tweak the system which got us here, and all will somehow work out, is just insanity.