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On Most Natural Lands, Development Is a Money Loser
Restoring or keeping land in its natural form is generally more economically beneficial than converting land for human activities like agriculture or logging, a new study found.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge assessed the monetary value of ecosystem services like carbon storage, species habitat and flood protection provided by natural land and compared it to the potential economic benefits of developing that land. Their findings, published in Nature Sustainability on Monday, show 70 percent of 46 sites analyzed around the world were more valuable when maintained as natural habitat.