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Book Title: Scaling Conservation: The business of restoring the wild
Author:Rich Stockdale
Published:2025
How is your book helping others?
Scaling Conservation helps people by reframing conservation as an economic necessity rather than an optional nicety. Showing how nature can be valued as a bankable asset, the book empowers readers to see environmental restoration not only as a moral duty but also as a financial opportunity that safeguards livelihoods, homes, food, air, and water. Through real-world examples from Oxygen Conservation’s £200 million natural capital portfolio and the transformation of 43,000 acres of land. This book helps individuals, communities, and businesses understand how investing in nature can drive innovation, resilience, and prosperity. For conservationists, it provides inspiration and practical guidance; for investors and leaders, it offers a roadmap to align profit with purpose. Ultimately, it helps people by proving that protecting nature is not optional; it is the key to a thriving and sustainable future.