#NA-02-11 Should We Put a Price on Ecosystems?
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- Course level: All Levels
About Course
University of ExeterDescription
Explore how we value the natural world
There are many services that ecosystems provide that we never even consider, until we destroy them. Natural ecosystems help alleviate flooding, improve food security and protect our coastlines. Yet we consistently replace these ecosystems with manmade alternatives. If we put a price on nature, will it help us to protect these important ecosystems? And is it morally right to put a price on nature? Get answers with this course that uses an interdisciplinary approach to explore the ins and outs of how we value nature.
Who will you learn with?
Professor Tim Lenton is Chair in Climate Change/Earth System Science at the University of Exeter. His research focuses on understanding the behaviour of the Earth as a whole system.
Senior Lecturer at The University of Exeter specialising in Glaciology, GIS and Remote Sensing
Educator on Climate Change: Challenges and Solutions
PhD student researching the impacts of climate change on our world
Course producer for University of Exeter Global Systems Institute
Who developed the course?
The University of Exeter is a Russell Group university. It combines world-class research with very high levels of student satisfaction.
What Will I Learn?
- Describe the concept of 'valuing nature’
- Compare different types of services that ecosystems provide
- Assess the moral and political dilemmas associated with valuing ecosystems
- Apply your understanding of ecosystem services to peatlands, coral reefs and rainforests
- Identify key ecosystem services in your place
- Investigate the best ways to manage and preserve ecosystems and their services
Topics for this course
Introduction to Ecosystem Services
How do you value nature?
Welcome to the course!
What are ‘ecosystem services’?00:04:07
Types of Ecosystem Services
Placing a value on an ecosystem
I happen to be writing a paper on natural ecosystems, which is a very good course. I'm going to use this section on how to protect various important natural ecosystems. thank you
Can artificial alternatives replace natural ecosystems? Human beings have been deceiving themselves, and I don't think they can. This course is a good example of that.
The course takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring how we value nature, both inside and outside, and is worth learning.
Nature provides us with more and more limited resources, and we should protect these resources and use them sustainably. But it wasn't until we had floods and natural disasters like locusts that we woke up. This course is very good. It reminds each of us to care about nature. Protect the earth.
Material Includes
- Official Certificate
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Target Audience
- This course is for anyone interested in nature and the environment, you don’t need any past experience.