'Nature underpins everything': Government celebrates flurry of nature finance deals

James Murray
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'Nature underpins everything': Government celebrates flurry of nature finance deals

Investments come as new report from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership warns over half of global GDP is reliant on nature

The government yesterday celebrated a wave of new commitments from the private sector that should see millions of pounds invested in nature protection and restoration projects, as it hosted the Nature...

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