Special session - Does Nature Have a Price?
Monday 11th October 2010 from 19h00 to 21h00
Salle 2 / Grand Amphithéâtre
Supported by the Ministry of Research and Higher education
And in partnership with Le Monde
Financial capital or human capital are the foundation of all economic equations. Natural capital has never been really taken into account. However, biodiversity has a cost and a value also. Therefore, who pays and who benefits from it? What are the economics of ecosystem protection? Isn't the battle for biodiversity only an issue of power and money?
Going Green
- Directed by
- Alexandra Posada
- Produced by
- Dev.tv, One Planet Pictures
Documentary, Spain, United States, India, Brazil, Cuba, Haiti, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Colombia, 2009, 132 min
The triple crisis (climate, energy and finance) invites governments to seriously consider the green economy as the future of sustainable development.
Debate with :
- Laurence Caramel, Le Monde daily journalist
- Laurent Piermont, CDC biodiversity CEO
- Odile Gauthier, director of water and biodiversity at the Directorate General of planning, housing and nature of the Ministry of Ecology
- Xavier Le Roux, director of the Foundation for Research on biodiversity
Know more
- See the International Union for Conservation of Nature website
- Reed The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB) for Business study