Enterprising Nature

Informationen zum Autor Jessica Dempsey is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia, Canada. Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung 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 Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Preface viPreface viiAcknowledgments xi1 Enterprising Nature 12 The Problem and Promise of Biodiversity Loss 283 An Economic-Ecological Tribunal for (Nonhuman) Life 564 Ecosystem Services as Political-Scientific Strategy 915 Protecting Profit: Biodiversity Loss as Material Risk 1266 Biodiversity Finance and the Search for Patient Capital 1597 Multilateralism vs Biodiversity Market-Making: Battlegrounds to Unleash Capital 1928 The Tragedy of Liberal Environmentalism 232Bibliography 246Index 276...

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

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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

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Series Editor's Preface vi Preface vii Acknowledgments xi 1 Enterprising Nature 1 2 The Problem and Promise of Biodiversity Loss 28 3 An Economic-Ecological 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 Bibliography 246 Index 276