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Biodiversity Offsetting and the Production of 'Equivalent Natures': A Marxist Critique
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In: ISSN: 1492-9732 ; ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies ; https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-02441026 ; ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, 2019 (2019)
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Biodiversity Offsetting and the Construction of ‘Equivalent Natures' A Marxist Critique ...
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Biodiversity Offsetting and the Construction of ‘Equivalent Natures' A Marxist Critique
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Abstract:
In this paper we explore the logic of biodiversity offsetting, focusing on its core promise: the production of ‘equivalent natures’. We show how the construction of equivalence unravels the environmental contradictions of capitalism by exploring how and why it is achieved, and its profound implications for nature-society dialectics. We focus on the construction of an ecological equivalence between ecosystems, the construction of ecological credits that are considered equivalent in monetary terms, and, finally, the construction of an equivalence between places. The existing critical literature, in some cases implicitly and unwittingly, assumes that biodiversity offsetting creates value. In contrast to this argument, we apply Marx’s labour theory of value to conclude that in the majority of instances offsetting does not create value, rather it is an instance of rent. We also draw on Marxist analyses on the production of nature and place to show that biodiversity offsetting radically rescripts nature as placeless, obscuring the fact that it facilitates the production of space, place, and nature according to the interests of capital while emphasizing that at the core of offsetting lie social struggles over rights and access to land and nature. Biodiversity offsetting’s dystopian vision for the future makes it an important focus for all critical scholars seeking to understand and challenge the contradictions of the capitalist production of nature.
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URL: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.35366 https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/288047
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An Interactive Parent-Targeted Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Oral Health in Children Attending Urban Pediatric Clinics: Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial
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Neoliberal Capitalism and Conservation in the Post-crisis Era: The Dialectics of "Green" and "Un-green" Grabbing in Greece and the UK
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Cognitive Tools for Humanoid Robots in Space
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (2004)
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Finding the FOO: A Pilot Study for a Multimodal Interface
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (2003)
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Spatial Language for Human-Robot Dialogs
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An Agent Driven Human-centric Interface for Autonomous Mobile Robots
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (2003)
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Using Spatial Language in a Human-Robot Dialog
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Multi-modal Interfacing for Human-Robot Interaction
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Using a Natural Language and Gesture Interface for Unmanned Vehicles
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (2000)
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Goal Tracking and Goal Attainment: A Natural Language Means of Achieving Adjustable Autonomy
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (1999)
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Goal Tracking in a Natural Language Interface: Towards Achieving Adjustable Autonomy
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (1999)
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Integrating Natural Language and Gesture in a Robotics Domain
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In: DTIC AND NTIS (1998)
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