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Biologists Unite: The Rise and Fall of Ecosystem Services

Daniel Chiu Suarez

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Description:Biologists Unite explores political realignments in global biodiversity conservation through the story of ecosystem services: an emergent field of science dedicated to analyzing, and where possible measuring, the many valuable “services” nature provides to humanity. What is at stake in ongoing attempts to recast nature as “natural capital”? Why did this way of thinking gain such widespread currency among conservationists? And what can the contemporary embrace of nature-based solutions like ecosystem services tell us about the changing politics of environmentalism more broadly?The book offers an intimate, insider perspective on these hotly debated questions: an ethnographic portrait of ecosystem services shown through the predicaments of its core champions — chief among them, life scientists, endeavoring to “mainstream” the idea across a range of governance contexts — as they were forced to learn on the job (and very much the hard way) how to reckon with the political character and radical implications of our dire planetary conjuncture.Drawing on years of participant observation conducted around two influential initiatives, the Natural Capital Project and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the book narrates the meteoric rise of ecosystem services but also how fragile this strategy turned out to be when put to the test.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Biologists Unite: The Rise and Fall of Ecosystem Services. To get started finding Biologists Unite: The Rise and Fall of Ecosystem Services, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Biologists Unite explores political realignments in global biodiversity conservation through the story of ecosystem services: an emergent field of science dedicated to analyzing, and where possible measuring, the many valuable “services” nature provides to humanity. What is at stake in ongoing attempts to recast nature as “natural capital”? Why did this way of thinking gain such widespread currency among conservationists? And what can the contemporary embrace of nature-based solutions like ecosystem services tell us about the changing politics of environmentalism more broadly?The book offers an intimate, insider perspective on these hotly debated questions: an ethnographic portrait of ecosystem services shown through the predicaments of its core champions — chief among them, life scientists, endeavoring to “mainstream” the idea across a range of governance contexts — as they were forced to learn on the job (and very much the hard way) how to reckon with the political character and radical implications of our dire planetary conjuncture.Drawing on years of participant observation conducted around two influential initiatives, the Natural Capital Project and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), the book narrates the meteoric rise of ecosystem services but also how fragile this strategy turned out to be when put to the test.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Biologists Unite: The Rise and Fall of Ecosystem Services. To get started finding Biologists Unite: The Rise and Fall of Ecosystem Services, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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