Other Resources Fast Facts, Last Updated:09/10/2010 In recent years, the depletion of natural capitaland attempts to move to sustainable development havebeen a major focus of development agencies. Thisis of particular concern in rainforest regions, which hold most of the Earth'snatural biodiversity - irreplaceable genetic naturalcapital. Conservation of natural resources is the major focusof Natural Capitalism, environmentalism, the ecologymovement, and Green Parties. Some view this depletion as amajor source of social unrest and conflicts in developingnations. |