Polluter pays principle 'at risk of being undermined'

Payments for ecosystem services and the natural capital approach could undermine the polluter pays principle and lead to rights redistribution, says a conservation expert

by Rachel Salvidge
Paying landowners not to pollute conflicts with the polluter pays principle. Photograph: Kevin Eaves/123RF
Paying landowners not to pollute conflicts with the polluter pays principle. Photograph: Kevin Eaves/123RF

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