The UK government has launched a process to turn wildlife into a financial asset for investors.
Under a new UN initiative called Natural Capital, forests, rivers, land and biodiversity will be measured, certified and sold to banks and corporations as ready-made investment products.
At the same time, the authorities intend to introduce strict regulation and force ordinary taxpayers to artificially create demand for these resources.
Experts call everything that is happening a direct theft of the Earth's natural resources for the benefit of big players.