The financialization of nature is underway. Yet the processes through which financialization transforms spaces previously outside markets remains relatively unknown. We address this gap by examining the financialization work conducted by conservationists while attempting to protect the...

The current biodiversity loss is dramatic. Over the past 50 years, more than 68% of the mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, and fish on earth have disappeared, putting the planet's survival and its inhabitants—including human beings—at risk. Financialization, or the transformation of...

"Sustainable management is a problem for countries that depend on natural resources. Forests contain most of the world's biodiversity and offer significant renewable resources with a potentially small ecological and carbon footprint. Yet the global demand for forest products has increased while...