About Toward Optimal Nature Markets Pathway

What’s the real value of a whale? Is it $100, $10,000, or maybe $100,000? You might be surprised to learn that a living whale is valued at over $3,000,000. If we valued the services a whale provides to the environment, it would be worth at least that. In this pathway, Ralph Chami, CEO and Co-Founder of Blue Green Future, introduces us to the concept of Nature Markets. He will explain what Nature Markets are, how they ought to be structured, and the necessary steps to make them a reality. By the end of the pathway, you’ll see why the protection and preservation of nature is significantly more valuable to humanity than exploiting it for other uses.

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Ralph Chami

CEO & Co-founder: Blue Green Future

Ralph Chami, a 32-year-old financial economist, has been at the International Monetary Fund for 23 years and is currently the Assistant Director of the Institute for Capacity Development. He founded Blue Green Future, a strategy to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, focusing on species like whales and elephants as allies. Ralph has experience working with low-income and fragile states, providing policy advice, training, and capacity development on macro-financial economic policy. His expertise includes remittances, inclusive growth, financial markets development, banking regulation, and valuing natural capital.