Photo:Meaghan O’Neill.

Think about everything you love about nature, and why you believe its worth preserving. Maybe the smell of the ocean breeze, say, or the beauty of your favorite flower in bloom reminds you of your mom. Maybe you love bird watching or camping with your family. Perhaps the extinction of a even single animal makes your heart despair. Whatever it is, it probably has some emotion attached to it. Well, it’s time to drop the nostalgia. Because if their was one message from the United Nation World Environment Day conference in Kigali, Rwanda, it was that ecosystems have financial value. We … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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