Antarctica provides at least $276 billion a year in economic benefits to the world, new research finds
- Written by Rachel Baird, Senior Lecturer , University of Tasmania
All humanity benefits from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean that surrounds it. To some, these benefits may seem priceless. But in our market-driven world, calculating the economic value of the environment can be a useful tool in garnering support for its protection.
That was the intention of our new research. We crunched the numbers on the value...