Economic growth models are profoundly inadequate because they ignore niche emergence

A group of evolutionary biologists, ecologists, economists, and complex system analysts proposes a new niche theory arguing that economics – like ecology – autocatalytically emerges and strongly depends on cooperation Jane Jacobs in “The Nature of Economies” wrote that “development without co-development webs is as impossible for an economy as it is for biological development”…

Certified “sustainable” palm oil replaced endangered mammals habitat and biodiverse tropical forests in the last 30 years, a new study suggests

Researchers confirm that palm oil certification does not ensure “environmental sustainability” Global concern has raised around the “sustainability” of palm oil in terms of global exportation and the impact on the environment in recent years. Therefore, stakeholders from the different sectors of the palm oil industry including oil palm producers, retailers, banks, investors, nature conservation and developmental…