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Banking nature / ARTE France and Via Découvertes present ; a film by Sandrine Feydel, Denis Delestrac ; written and directed by Sandrine Feydel, Denis Delestrac ; produced by Jean-Pierre Devorsine.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ecosystem services.
- Nature--Effect of human beings on.
- Nature.
- Ecology--Economic aspects.
- Ecology.
- Biodiversity--Economic aspects.
- Biodiversity.
- Environmental economics.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Environmental films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (56 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Brookyln, New York] : [Distributed by Icarus Films], [2016]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Investigates the commercialization of the natural world. Protecting our planet has become big business with companies promoting new environmental markets. This involves species banking, where investors buy up vast swathes of land, full of endangered species, to enable them to sell "nature credits". Companies whose actions destroy the environment are now obliged to buy these credits and new financial centers have sprung up, specializing in this trade. Many respected economists believe that the best way to protect nature is to put a price on it. But others fear that this market in nature could lead to companies having a financial interest in a species' extinction. There are also concerns that, like the subprime mortgage crisis of 2008, the market in nature credits is bound to crash. And there are wider issues at stake. What guarantees do we have that our natural inheritance will be protected? And should our ecological heritage be for sale?
- Participant:
- Narrated by Lisa Jacobs.
- Credits:
- Photography, Michel Anglade ; editing, Guillaume Quignard ; music, Stéphane Lopez.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: ARTE France and Via Découvertes, ©2014; previously released in 2015.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed February 18, 2016).
- Publisher Number:
- if-nat Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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