Around the World in 80 Species

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Exploring the Business of Extinction

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Around the World in 80 Species: Exploring the Business of Extinction examines the current global extinction crisis, driven by industrial activity and human population growth. The book explores how corporate actions—through factors like global warming, habitat loss, and pollution—contribute to the loss of flora and fauna. Moving beyond analysis, it argues that tools central to capitalism, such as accounting, finance, and investment, could provide solutions to prevent further species extinctions. Covering case studies from across the globe, it urges businesses to adopt transparency and engage with investors and conservation groups to address the crisis before it is too late.
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This title is ideal for professionals in business, finance, and environmental sectors, as well as readers interested in biodiversity, sustainability, and the intersection of economics with conservation efforts.

Investigates corporate efforts to prevent extinction across 80 threatened species of flora and fauna, focusing on corporate behaviour, corporate narrative and rhetoric, and corporate accountability.

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The world is currently experiencing a sixth period of mass species extinction, and the extinction of flora and fauna is caused by a variety of factors arising from industrial activity and increasing human population, such as global warming, climate change, habitat loss, pollution, and the use of pesticides. Most causes of extinction are linked to corporate activity, either directly or indirectly.

Around the World in 80 Species: Exploring the Business of Extinction responds to the ongoing mass extinction crisis engulfing our planet by exploring the ways in which accounting, business, and finance can be used to prevent species extinctions. From Africa to the Far East and from Europe to the Americas, the authors explore species loss and how businesses can stop mass extinctions through greater transparency and through closer engagement with their investors and wildlife organisations.

The book concludes that global capitalism has led us to this extinction crisis and that, therefore, the mechanisms of capitalism—namely accounting, finance, and investment—can help to pull us out. Businesses must urgently address extinction before it is too late for all species, including ourselves.

As the first book to explore corporate accounting and accountability in relation to species on the brink of extinction, this book will be of great interest to both professionals and a wider audience interested in the causes and prevention of extinction.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781783537136

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 22 November 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Greenleaf Publishing

Illustration: 26 Tables, black and white; 41 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 46 Illustrations, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Jill Atkins
Edited by Barry Atkins

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 654g

Pages: 414

Collections

Business & Entrepreneurship Company Culture & Human Resources Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Jill Atkins holds a Chair in Financial Management at Sheffield University Management School, UK, and is a visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Barry Atkins has a background in script-writing and editing for BBC Radio and TV.