Depends on the type of economy we're talking: Is it an economy based on abundance and growth of real actual wealth for society as a whole? In that case most certainly. Natural systems provide not only a beautiful example of a dynamic interaction and sharing of resources, but they actually create more life, more diversity, more niches, and a wider spectrum of resources for everyone to enjoy. But if the economy is based on scarcity, fostering dependence and control of the masses, then it's in the best interest of the hoarders to destroy what sustains life. There have been numerous examples in history, such as actively destroying the herds of bison to subjugate the native peoples of the North American plains.