An example marketplace: The Multi-Billion Dollar Investment Market for Conservation
Here we’re going to take a look at one of the smaller sectors in clean tech and look at how data science is making a huge impact. This is just an example of how the market is likely to evolve for the ecoinformatics sector. The environment has often been seen as nothing more than an unlimited source of materials that are then turned into useful products that human beings can use. While this viewpoint was challenged in the latter half of the 20 th century, there still remains a sense that the environment is more of an after thought for business rather than something that has value and contributes to a business. So it’s really interesting, especially in our current climate, to see how investing in conservation and ecosystems has performed. The Ecosystem Marketplace put out a report showing that private investment in conservation has topped $8 billion globally in 2016 and that investors are expecting a rate of return of at least 5% and in some cases of 10% and more . Compar