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World Bank launches scheme to green government accounts [1]

The World Bank on Thursday launched a programme to help nations put a value on nature just like GDP in a bid to stop the destruction of forests, wetlands and reefs that underpin businesses and economies.

The five-year pilot project backed by India, Mexico and other nations aims to embed nature into national accounts to draw in the full benefits of services such as coastal protection from mangro

Publication Date: 
29/10/2010
Business Standard (New Delhi) [2]
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World Bank [3], Watershed Development [4], Subsidies [5], Ecology [6]
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