BANKING NATURE: ON THE SPECTACULAR FINANCIALISATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, WITH MARX AND FOUCAULT *
@inproceedings{Sullivan2010BANKINGNO, title={BANKING NATURE: ON THE SPECTACULAR FINANCIALISATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, WITH MARX AND FOUCAULT *}, author={S. Sullivan}, year={2010} }
In this paper I review several tendencies in global environmental governance towards the financialisation of environmental conservation. Finance capital, in collaboration with conservation agendas, is creating a spectacular frontier for investment in environmental conservation. This is assisted by a promise of lucrative gains, combined with creating geographical substitutability in proliferating and commodified indicators of environmental health and damage. The ensuing financialisation of…
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