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Thanks Sophie! And the "Natural Capital" approach which will be represented by Rosemary Hails can be found here: http://www.defra.gov.uk/naturalcapitalcommittee/files/State-of-Natural-Capital-Report-2013.pdf So it will definitely be a lively debate! Cheers Margi Margi Bryant Doctoral Candidate Department of Geography University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2TN On 14 May 2013 13:54, Sophie Wynne-Jones [sxw] <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > For those of you who do not know Tom Crompton's work - have a look at > > http://valuesandframes.org/the-economics-of-biodiversity-and-why-it-matters/ > and the Common Cause report on the same site. > > I think you will find his approach to ecosystem services a very refreshing > and well-grounded critique and therefore imagine that the RGS-BES event > will bring some good debates to the table on this issue. > > Cheers > > > Sophie > > Research Associate > Wales Rural Observatory > IGES > Aberystwyth University > SY23 3DB > 01970622595 > http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/iges/staff/research/sxw/ > ------------------------------ > *From:* A forum for critical and radical geographers [ > [log in to unmask]] on behalf of Margi Bryant [ > [log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* 14 May 2013 11:57 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Re - Putting a Price on the Priceless: Valuing Nature? > > The concept of valuing nature as "ecosystem services" may indeed be > deeply neoliberal and arguably dangerous, although it's now become > pervasive at local, national and global levels. However, I can't see what's > wrong with an event that sets out to dissect and discuss this approach, and > to question its moral foundation, as the RGS-BES event appears to aim to do. > > Critters readers may remember that a while ago Dr Hilary Geoghehan > compiled a list of references looking at ecosystem services through a > critical social science lens. While there would now be further additions to > this list, it's still an excellent resource for anyone interested in > exploring the subject further - or for preparing a question to take to the > RGS/BES debate! > > Best wishes > Margi > > Margi Bryant > Doctoral Candidate > Department of Geography > University of Sheffield > Sheffield S10 2TN > > > On 14 May 2013 11:11, Nicholas James <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Dear Critters, >> Someone yesterday told me that this event was "dangerous" and from the >> neo liberal agenda! >> I don't want to necessarily stir things up but wondered why this was >> being suggested by an otherwise left-leaning environmentalist. >> Whatmore is a respected [critical] geographer, yes? >> Harrabin a well-known Guardian journalist. >> Do not know the others. >> Are we also unpacking the debates between neo-classical environmental >> economics and deep green ecological economics? >> Any help to figure this out would be welcome; many thanks in advance. >> >> Nick >> * >> Date:* Tuesday 18 June 2013, 6.45-9.30pm (registration from 6pm) >> *Location:* Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, >> London, SW7 2AR >> *Putting a Price on the Priceless: Valuing Nature?* >> *The importance of protecting and conserving our natural landscapes and >> ecology* >> >> - Evening Discussion Meeting and Networking Reception >> - Organised jointly by the British Ecological Society (BES) and the >> Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). >> >> There is great interest amongst scientists, economists and policy-makers >> in the possibility of quantifying the value of the nature. Without putting >> a price, economic or otherwise, on natural assets, underpinning the >> delivery of life-support services (‘ecosystem services’) essential to >> humankind, so the argument goes, nature is ignored in decision-making, >> becoming ever-more degraded. But what difference is an emphasis on >> valuation making to the practical conservation of biodiversity and >> landscape management in the UK? How is valuation affecting business >> decisions and consumer choices? Is there the scientific evidence base to >> underpin these developments? And finally, is it moral to put a price on >> nature at all? Join us at this Question Time-style event to put your >> questions to our panel of experts. >> Speakers include: >> >> - Chaired by Roger Harrabin, BBC Environment Analyst >> - Professor Rosemary Hails CBE, Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. >> Member of the Natural Capital Committee, and Chair of the Natural Capital >> Initiative >> - Dr Tom Crompton, Change Strategist, WWF-UK >> - Professor Sarah Whatmore FRGS, Professor of Environment and Public >> Policy, Head of the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford >> University >> >> Register for this event online<https://ouca.open.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=MDKwL2LI10OmomCu9c81GyW_enJeH9AIKPhzh_ee9Bb7ae5ea3sj6IX1on24zePBXlOPyyhPZ_M.&URL=http%3a%2f%2fvaluing-nature.eventbrite.com> >> Price for students, members of either the BES or RGS-IBG: £4.89 (£4.00 >> plus fee); non-members: £9.13 (£8.00 plus fee). >> >> Nicholas James >> [log in to unmask] >> > > > > -- <http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/geography/students/pg/margibryant> > --