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According to a scary new report from the United Nations Environment Program : “virtually all commercial fisheries will have collapsed by 2050 unless urgent action is taken to bring far more intelligent management to fisheries”.
This isn’t new as we have seen many times over the past three years that our oceans are polluted in many different ways. The huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is the latest sign of the disdain we have for such an important part of our planet.
The article from the UNEP shows that on the other hand a sustainable management and investments could generate up to $1.7 trillion ( 1,450 billion euros ) over the next 40 years.
Evidence keeps on piling : investing in Nature and the environment is perhaps one of the best thing you can do, not only for Mankind as a whole but also for yourself as Return On Investments (ROI) are high.
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) issued a report which according to the BBC shows that “money ploughed into protecting wetlands, coral reefs and forests can bring a hundredfold return on capital.”
Literally more profitable than investing in gold or in any other business environmental protection could well become a major economic sector in the next decade. Continue »
According to the UNEP, multiple factors are benefiting renewable energies as world investment in this sector rose by 60 percent in 2007 compared to 2006.
Investment reached last year $148 billion (93 billion euros) and this trend is most likely to continue as forecasts mention $600 billion per year by 2020.
As we can see, a sheer revolution is taking place and this new report strongly reinforces my willingness to work in this sector. Continue »
