Biodiversity loss as material risk: Tracking the changing meanings and materialities of biodiversity conservation

Geoforum

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-51

  Dempsey, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Conservation; Ecological uncertainty; Ecosystem services; Financialization; Production of nature; Risk

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; INVESTMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84873987611     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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