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