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Enterprising Nature - Jessica Dempsey

Enterprising Nature

Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics

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Buch | Softcover
312 Seiten
2016
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
9781118640555 (ISBN)
CHF 33,85 inkl. MwSt
Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http://www. bioeconomies.
Winner of the 2018 James M. Blaut Award in recognition of innovative scholarship in cultural and political ecology!

Enterprising Nature explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. To view Jessica's animation based on the book's themes please visit http://www.bioeconomies.org/enterprising-nature/



Examines disciplinary apparatuses, ecological-economic methodologies, computer models, business alliances, and regulatory conditions creating the conditions in which nature can be produced as enterprising
Relates lively, firsthand accounts of global processes at work drawn from multi-site research in Nairobi, Kenya; London, England; and Nagoya, Japan
Assesses the scientific, technical, geopolitical, economic, and ethical challenges found in attempts to ‘enterprise nature’
Investigates the implications of this ‘will to enterprise’ for environmental politics and policy

JESSICA DEMPSEY is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Acronyms vi

Series Editors’ Preface ix

Preface x

1 Enterprising Nature 1

2 The Problem and Promise of Biodiversity Loss 28

3 An Ecological-Economic Tribunal for (Nonhuman) Life 56

4 Ecosystem Services as Political-Scientific Strategy 91

5 Protecting Profit: Biodiversity Loss as Material Risk 126

6 Biodiversity Finance and the Search for Patient Capital 159

7 Multilateralism vs. Biodiversity Market-Making: Battlegrounds to Unleash Capital 192

8 The Tragedy of Liberal Environmentalism 232

References 246

Index 276

Reihe/Serie Antipode Book Series
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 226 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Biologie Ökologie / Naturschutz
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-13 9781118640555 / 9781118640555
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