China counts £130bn cost of economic growth in ecological damage Jonathan Watts Guardian Asia environment correspondent | 29th December 2010 Cost of pollution, deteriorating soil and other impacts surged to 1.3tr yuan in 2008 - equivalent to 3.9 per cent of country's GDP - as officials warn of threats to ecology, food safety and flood control Biodiversity loss seen as greater financial risk than terrorism, says UN Jonathan Watts Guardian Asia environment correspondent | 28th October 2010 Loss of ecosystems perceived by banks and insurance companies to be a greater economic risk than terrorism, finds UN report
Biodiversity loss seen as greater financial risk than terrorism, says UN Jonathan Watts Guardian Asia environment correspondent | 28th October 2010 Loss of ecosystems perceived by banks and insurance companies to be a greater economic risk than terrorism, finds UN report