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... to undertake a gargantuan task: calculate the value of all the services provided by all the ecosystems, from the forest to the floodplains to the open ocean, across the world... they came up with a number- 3 trillion a year- a headline-grabbing figure that was almost twice the global gross national product.

... to undertake a gargantuan task: calculate the value of a

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This quote highlights the immense challenge of quantifying the value of ecosystem services on a global scale. Researchers attempted to calculate the collective worth of services rendered by various ecosystems, such as forests, floodplains, and oceans. They arrived at a staggering figure of 3 trillion dollars annually, which significantly exceeded the global gross national product. This eye-catching number emphasizes both the importance of ecosystems to human well-being and the difficulty of comprehending their true value within economic systems.

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