Nature Inc. takes its lead from economists who have worked out that ecosystem services are worth more than the total of all the world’s national economies.

Since life so mysteriously emerged from the chemistry of a new planet billions of years ago, nature has been experimenting. Humankind has failed to put a price tag on the services nature provides. Nature Inc. broke new ground in assessing the financial benefits of conserving ecological processes - an idea that's gaining international acceptance . The series returns in 2011.