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File: MDIA-p3-05-LAND-150613.odp Peter Burgess (c) All rights reserved
MDIALAND
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Law about LAND has been crafted to make statutory ownership more important than any system of traditional ownership.
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The money value of land is based on the money profit earning potential of the land.
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This value ignores the important ecosystem services provided by natural land use.
No metrics … no value!
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Tropical rain forests have little money value as is, but provide incredibly important ecosystem services. ● Carbon sequestration● Habitat (biodiversity fauna and flora)
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TROPICAL RAIN FOREST
To make money, degrade the rain forest and ... ● Clearcut for mining; or ● Clearcut for palm oil plantations; or ● Exploit for old growth logging
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MINING (in Peru)
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CLEAR CUTTING FOR PALM OIL
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OLD GROWTH LOGGING
Mangrove and wetlands are essential to the good health and survival of everything in the fish and animal kingdoms.
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MANGROVE
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WETLANDS
In a money based world, land fill for urban trash is a preferred use for (money valueless) wetlands …
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Meadowlands wetlands being used for landfill
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Meadowlands wetlands being used for warehouses
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Meadowlands wetlands being used for sports arena
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Meadowlands wetlands being used for shopping mall
… and of course urban housing like this is an efficient land use.
Certainly in terms of money but also likely in terms of people.
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URBAN HIGHRISE
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SUBURBAN HOUSING
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SUBURBAN TRACT DEVELOPMENT
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MCMANSIONS
The money value of mountains is low … the ecosystem service value is low … maybe it is only the recreational dimension that gives them any value at all!
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MOUNTAINS
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MOUNTAINS
Deserts are also low in both money value and ecosystem service value …
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DESERTS
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Meadowlands wetlands being used for shopping mall
Savanna … a mix of trees and grasses … is not an optimum for money profit use of land …
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SAVANNA
Prairie is much better … Monoculture with heavy use of fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides and highly mechanized and energy intensive ...
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PRAIRIE
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PRAIRIE
A parking lot has money value associated with convenience and economic use.
… but a parking lot degrades natural storm water control.
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PARKING LOTS
A shopping mall and parking lots have money value associated with business use.
The development degrades natural storm water control.
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SHOPPING MALLS
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AIRPORTS
The money value of land is determined by the profit flows that can be derived from using the land for money profit activities.
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The environmental value of land is determined by the ecosystem services that are provided by the land.
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Sustainable agricultureWater purification
Intensive monoculture
Coastal mangrove
Urban infrastructure
Roads, Parking Lots
There is a limited amount of land and there are multiple possible uses.Land is a factor in improving human capital, producing goods and
services, and locating MBC. Money value is a metric for this.Land is also a factor in providing very critical ecosystem services.
A metric for this is needed, reflecting the ecosystem service potential.
Money Value
Suburban sprawl
Housing
Tropical forest
Habitat
Industrial operations
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Wetlands Zero High
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Moving forward … Request for collaborationMoney is part of a complex socio-enviro-economic system. While it works … it does not work as well as it should, nor as well as it could. The work of MDIA is to enable this complex system to work better.
MDIA needs to be a team effort. Join in and help to make the world a better place. Please get in touch.
Peter Burgess … [email protected]
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