What Has Nature Ever Done For Us?

Here at WWT London Wetland Centre we're well aware of the value of wetlands to people and wildlife. As well as providing a home for a huge range of plants and animals, and food and raw materials for people, wetlands undertake a variety of hidden 'services' for the planet including water purification, carbon absorption, flood prevention and drought relief. In fact, the services provided by nature as a whole - everything from Indian vultures to Chinese bees and from soil microbes to ocean plankton - keep the global economy going. No nature, no economy.