“For most of the last century, economic growth was fuelled by what seemed to be a certain truth: the abundance of natural resources. We mined our way to growth. We burned our way to prosperity. We ...

While many countries across the globe have experienced strong economic growth and improvements in human development outcomes over the last quarter of a century, natural resources continue to be ...

Former president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Haruhiko Kuroda, has said Nepal could make the economy stronger through mobilisation of its human capital and maximum utilization of natural ...

Last week, I wrote about how we need to move beyond GDP as our primary indicator of progress if we want to achieve true sustainable development. This week, at Rio +20, the International Human ...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY–The Northern Mindanao Regional Development Council (RDC-X) backed several policies, programs, and projects relating to human capital protection and natural resource management ...

Most people understand that investing in the future is important, and that goes for conserving nature and natural resources, too. But in the case of investing in such "natural" assets as groundwater, ...

NEW YORK, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Economic growth can only be considered truly sustainable if human and natural capital are part of the equation, as gross domestic product and other traditional measures ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Scientists have adapted traditional asset valuation approaches to measure the value of such natural capital assets, linking economic measurements of ecosystem services with models of natural dynamics ...