Mongabay: Environmental damage and biodiversity loss in forest ecosystems costs 2.1 to 4.8 trillion dollars per year, according to a report released Thursday at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Bonn, Germany. The report, entitled “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity” and commissioned by the European Union and the German government, attaches a monetary value to services provided by species and ecosystems. The report says these services are often …