Airs Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 6 p.m. You probably know what nature means to you personally, but it’s becoming increasingly important to be able to really quantify the value of nature. Host Laura-Ashley Overdyke of the Caddo Lake Institute, talks to Shelly Plante, head of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Nature Tourism division, and Dr. Roel Lopez, director of the Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute, about a new paper about the economics of ecosystem services.
Conserving Earth: The Value of Nature
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Courtesy: Caddo Lake Institute