# #42: Ralph Chami (Blue Green Future) – How Much Is a Whale Worth, Dead or Alive?

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Podcast: [The Ocean Age](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ocean-age-5690239)
Published: 2026-04-28T04:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Ralph’s bio: Ralph Chami is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blue Green Future and Rebalance Earth. He spent 25 years at the International Monetary Fund, most recently as Assistant Director, before turning his focus to valuing living nature as an asset class. His work, which puts a financial value on the ecosystem services provided by whales, elephants, seagrass, mangroves and forests, has been featured at TED, in the Financial Times, National Geographic, the New York Times, and on ...

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