Review symposium. Nature Inc.: environmental conservation in a neoliberal age

摘要

Nature™ Inc.: Environmental Conservation in a Neoliberal Age, edited by Bram Buescher, Wolfram Dressier and Robert Fletcher, is a welcomed collection of deep case studies that work to expand critical understandings of neoliberal capitalism, targeting the claim that "the market" can "save" all forms of nature through conservation practice. The book's contributions range across the intersections of nature and neoliberal capitalism from biodiversity (through derivatives), wetlands (through banking), ecosystems (through payment for services), and so on. This symposium includes commentaries from David Lansing at the University of Maryland Baltimore County; from Rosemary Collard at Concordia University, Jessica Dempsey at University of Victoria, and Juanita Sundberg at the University of British Colombia; and from myself, Nik Heynen, at the University of Georgia. Finally, the editors of Nature™ Inc provide a response to these commentaries.