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Enterprising Nature

Economics, Markets, and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics
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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

Author Biography:

Jessica Dempsey is an Assistant Professor at the School of Environmental Studies at the University of Victoria, Canada. Her research interests include global biodiversity politics, ecosystem services, and financial risk and biodiversity. With the CBD Alliance, she has participated in over a dozen major negotiations of biodiversity law and policy and worked with many NGOs and social movements to develop analysis and position papers on global biodiversity issues. She has published articles in leading geography and political ecology journals, including Environment and Planning A , Geoforum, and Progress in Human Geography .
Release date Australia
August 26th, 2016
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Pages
312
Dimensions
150x226x15
ISBN-13
9781118640555
Product ID
22432592

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