Research Catalog

Title

Around the world in 80 species : exploring the business of extinction / edited by Jill Atkins and Barry Atkins.

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Atkins, Jill (Research director)
• Atkins, Barry (Scriptwriter)

Description

xix, 414 pages : illustrations, 1 map; 25 cm

Alternative Title

Around the world in eighty species

Subjects

• Mass extinctions
• Nature > Effect of human beings on
• Climatic changes

Note

• "A Greenleaf Publishing book"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Understanding extinction and introducing extinction accounting. Around the world in 80 species : what is mass extinction and can we stop it? / Jill Atkins and Barry Atkins ; How can accounting, integrated reporting and engagement prevent extinction? / Jill Atkins, Warren Maroun and Barry Atkins -- Part II. Philosophical, moral, literary, business and legal perspectives on extinction. A deep ecology perspective on extinction / Jack Christian ; Species extinction and closing the loop of argument : imagining accounting and finance as the potential cause of human extinction / Rob Gray and Markus J. Milne ; Recovered species? : the eastern North Pacific grey whale unusual mortality event, 1999-2000 / Sophia Nicolov ; The Natural Capital Protocol and the honey bee / Mervyn E. King ; Extraction and extinction : the role of investors in ensuring the marine health of the planet / Abigail Herron ; The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) : an appraisal / Simon Norton -- Part III. Extinction accounting and accountability around the world. Extinction accounting in Africa. Extinction accounting by South African listed companies / Warren Maroun. Business contributions to extinction risk mitigation for black rhinos in Laikipia, Kenya / Mxolisi Sibanda and Martin Mulama. Extinction accounting by the public sector : South African national parks / Michael Büchling and Warren Maroun ; Extinction accounting in Europe and Scandinavia. Extinction accounting in European zoos : reporting practice of conservation programmes to protect animals from extinction / Gunnar Rimmel. An RSPB perspective on extinction and extinction prevention : how is the RSPB collaborating and partnering with business to prevent extinction? / Vanessa Amaral-Rogers. Endangered house sparrows and thriving red kites : do we have useful metrics for sustainability? / Timo Punkari. Deforestation risk and the tissue industry in Italy / Silvio Bianchi Martini, Federica Doni and Antonello Corvino ; Extinction accounting in the USA, Mexico and Canada. Accounting for captive belugas : a whale of a business / Aris Solomon and Margaret Clappison. An ecological auto-ethnography of a monarch butterfly / Sanjay V. Lanka ; Extinction accounting in polar regions. Accounting for survival of polar bears : an arctic icon on thin ice / Kristina Jonäll and Svetlana Sabelfeld ; Extinction accounting in East Asia. Panda accounting and accountability : preventing giant panda extinction in China / Longxiang Zhao and Jill Atkins. Some reflections on extinction accounting, engagement and species / Jill Atkins and Barry Atkins.

Call Number

JFE 19-3434

ISBN

• 9781783538225
• 1783538228
• 9781783537136
• 1783537132
• 9780429437397 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2018025676

OCLC

1077483467

Title

Around the world in 80 species : exploring the business of extinction / edited by Jill Atkins and Barry Atkins.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Atkins, Jill (Research director), editor.

Atkins, Barry (Scriptwriter), editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-3434