There is growing interest among policy makers about the importance of protecting and enhancing natural capital to support sustainable growth and development. I have put together a selection of recent news video resources on natural capital that might be useful for students and teachers who are new to the idea and who might want to look at it as part of their study of environmental and development economics.

[<a href="http://storify.com/tutor2u_econ/economics-of-natural-capital" target="_blank">View the story “Economics of Natural Capital” on Storify</a>] <h1>Economics of Natural Capital</h1><h2>There is increasing emphasis on the economic and social importance of natural capital - this is a selection of video resources on the concept of natural capital</h2><p>Storified by Geoff Riley · Fri, Jul 06 2012 03:25:49</p><p>Big Question: What is nature worth?umnione</p><p>Natural capital - Joshua Bishop at IUCNmovebeyondtheline</p><p>Natural capital accountingalertnet</p><p>Time to Account for Natural Capitalworldbank</p><p>The Now Show - Natural Capital Assessmentlabcall</p></p><p>

Chile’s biosphere reserve in heart of Patagonia

World Bank - Time to value natural capital in national income accounts