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Ian J. Bateman is Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP) at the University of Exeter, UK. Ian is a Member of the Natural Capital Committee and the Board of the UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee. His main research interests revolve around the issue of ensuring sustainable wellbeing through the integration of natural and physical science with economics and by working with business and policy makers.