Annual Science Lecture 2009: The Value of Nature
Presented by Pavan Sukhdev
Pavan Sukhdev, economist
The Value of Nature
16 November 2009
£13.50
£10.00 concessions (over 60s, unemployed, Members, Corporate Patrons)
Doors and bar open from 18.45
Admittance to lecture from 19.30
Leading economist and green initiative leader Pavan Sukdhev presents this year's highly topical Annual Science Lecture on The Value of Nature, and weighs up how biodiversity loss will affect the world's economy.
You don't need to be an expert to enjoy this fascinating lecture in the relaxed atmosphere and beautiful surroundings of the Museum's Central Hall.
Pavan Sukhdev is a senior banker at Deutsche Bank and is currently on secondment to the United Nations Environment Programme to lead the agency's Green Economy Initiative. He is also Study Leader for The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity report (TEEB).
Our wellbeing is dependent on nature; providing our food, fuel, clean water and medicines. The natural world is the source of much value to us every day - this can be spiritually, culturally, health-wise or economically; and yet the benefits we receive from nature mostly bypass markets, escape pricing and defy valuation. Pavan Sukhdev explains, that as pressures increase from population growth, changing diets, urbanisation and climate change, we are suffering the consequences.
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