NATURAL RESOURCES, AND THE ECOSYSTEMS THAT PROVIDE THEM, UNDERPIN OUR ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND OUR SOSIAL COHESION

“THERE ARE NO ECONOMIES WITHOUT ENVIRONMENTS, BUT THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTS WITHOUT ECONOMIES”

AS TRADITIONAL PEOPLES HAVE LONG UNDERSTOOD, WE MUST ULTIMATELY ANSWER TO NATURE, FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT NATURE HAS LIMITS AND RULES OF ITS OWN

ALREADY WE SEE CONFLICTS CAUSED BY COMPETITION FOR BIODIVERCITY RESOURCES AND ECOSYSTEM SERVICES (WBGU 2008)

IN THE LAST 300 YEARS THE GLOBAL FOREST AERA HAS SHRUNK BY APPROX 40%FORESTS HAS COMPLETELY DISSAPEARED IN 25 COUNTRIESANOTHER 29 COUNTRIES HAVE LOST MORE THAN 90% OF THEIR FOREST COVER

SINCE 1900, THE WORLD HAS LOST ABOUT 50% OF ITS WETLANDS

APPROX 30% OF CORAL REEFS , WITH HIGHER LEVELS OF BIODIVERSITY THAN TROPICAL FOR-ESTS, HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY DAMAGED THROUGH FISHING, POLLUTION, DISEASE AND CORAL BLEACHING

IN THE PAST TWO DECADES 35% OF MANGROVES HAVE DISSAPAREDSOME COUNTRIES HAVE LOST UP TO 80% THROUGH CONVERSION FOR AGRICULTURE, OVER EXPLOITATION AND STORMS

THE HUMAN-CAUSED (ANTRHOPOGENIC) RATE OF SPECIES EXTINCTIONS IS ESTIMATED TO BE 1000 TIMES MORE RAPID THAN THE “NATURAL” RATE OG EXTINCTION TYPICAL OF EARTHS LONG-THERM HISTORY

HOW DO WE SET THE VALUE OF OUR LAND?

THE TASK I HAD GIVEN MYSELF TURNED OUT MORE COMPLEX THAN I HAD FIRST IMAGENED THE VARIABLES ARE MANY AND THE POTENTIAL FUTURE ADVANTAGES COMPLEX

PRODUCTION : FOOD,FIBRES,MEDICINE,TIMBER,FUELSCLEANSING OF SURFACE WATERCLEANSING OF AIRCO2 BINDINGCLIMATIC PROTECTION : WIND PROTECTION/FLATTENING OF TEMPERATURE CURVESCOMPOSTINGSOIL PROTECTIONHABITATS/BIODIVERSITY

WHEN ENERGY PRICES RISES, PRICE FOR FOOD AND CLEAN WATER ETC WILL RISEHOW WILL NATURAL SYSTEMS SUPPORTING THIS BE VALUED?

POTENTIAL ECONOMIC VALUATION IN THE FUTURE

THINKING GREEN STRUCTURES IN CITY PLANNING IS TO INVEST IN FUTURE NATURAL ECONOMICALLY/ENERGY EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS

50% OF MALMØ IS HARD SURFACES : BUILDINGS WITHOUT GREEN ROOFING, HARD FLOORS

IN MALMØ´S GREEN PLAN THEY WANT TO INCREASE GREEN AREA FROM 33M2 PR INHAB. TO 48M2

FOR THIS THEY HAVE A STRATEGY

LOOKING INTO THE GREEN PLAN OF MALMØ

AERAL DISPOTION AND DEVELOPING FOR NATURE-SERVICE TO TAKE PLACE THROUGH ECOSYSTEMS AND BIOTOPES

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AERAS SUGGESTED DEVELOPINGLARGER GREEN SPACESAND POSSIBLY SPORTS ARENAS

SUGGESTED LARGER AERAS