Governing the Nature Restoration State

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-90-485-6381-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 479 g

The ongoing global mass extinction of biotic life threatens the institutional foundations of many developed nations, which have historically depended on exploiting natural resources. As we enter the global Age of Ecosystem Restoration, a transformative governance paradigm emerges that could guide societies through the current biodiversity crisis.

This institutional shift requires states to fundamentally reimagine their relationship with nature. In this groundbreaking book, Dr Nick Kirsop-Taylor presents a compelling framework for state transformation grounded in socio-ecological practice and contemporary theories of governance and institutions. This book argues that nature-depleted regions must evolve into 'Nature Restoration States' – entities where place-based ecological restoration becomes the central organising principle of mission-driven governance. This represents a radical departure from extractive models towards regenerative institutional frameworks designed to navigate our ecological future.

This book is essential reading for scholars and researchers covering environmental conservation and protection, environmental policy, and socio-ecological practices.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kirsop-Taylor, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltpolitik, Umweltprotokoll
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Energierecht
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltschutz, Umwelterhaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Umwelt- und Gesundheitspolitik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Acronym list

Chapter One: Governing the Nature Restoration State: Introduction

Chapter Two: The State-of-Nature

Chapter Three: The State-and-Nature

Chapter Four: Governance-for-Nature

Chapter Five: The Age of Nature Restoration

Chapter Six: Governing the Nature Restoration State

Chapter Seven: Governance within the Nature Restoration State

Chapter Eight: Governance beyond the Nature Restoration State

Chapter Nine: Boundaries, limits and potentials of the Nature Restoration State

Annexe A

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nick Kirsop-Taylor is an interdisciplinary environmental political scientist at the University of Exeter in the UK. He is a co-editor of the Handbook on the Governance of Sustainable Development (2022) and has published extensively in prestigious global peer-reviewed journals.