Dempsey Enterprising Nature

Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-118-64053-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Antipode Book Series

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dempsey, Jessica

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jessica Dempsey is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada.