Importance of Human-Nature Relationship

Anantha Duraiappah*, Director, UNESCO MGIEP, in conversation with Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta**, Economist, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge, on the key findings of the recently released Dasgupta Review: The Economics of Biodiversity – on the critical role of emotion in cultivating the human–nature relationship and the urgent need for our education systems to be reformed at all levels to incorporate this emotional connection to nature.