Becoming Nature Positive

Transitioning to a Safe and Just Future

AvMarco Lambertini,Joseph W. Bull

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

As humanity sits at an existential crossroads, this book introduces the need to build a nature-positive future to secure the functioning and stability of Earth systems essential to the survival and wellbeing of present and future human generations as well as the rest of Earth's amazing diversity of life.Alongside the change in climate, a more silent but equally terrifying crisis is unfolding: the loss of nature and biodiversity. These twin crises are in fact interconnected. After decades of ignoring our impacts on the natural world, we are beginning to realise that nature conservation is a security issue for humanity, and an imperative for intersectional and intergenerational justice. For these reasons, we must embrace a transition from a nature-negative to a nature-positive society, one that ensures human development and addresses today’s inequality, while conserving, restoring and sustainably benefiting from nature's resources and services. A Nature Positive future is one with more nature than today: more forests, more fish, more pollinators, more soil biodiversity, with benefits for the Planet and for us. In this book we define what becoming Nature Positive means from a variety of perspectives, what it takes to deliver it and why it is possible and, most importantly, necessary.This book is essential reading for those concerned with conserving nature and securing a safe future for humanity in the face of climate breakdown, biodiversity loss, and ecological collapse. The future can be bright. The choice is ours.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives (CC-BY-ND) 4.0 license.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-06-02
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Conservation and the Environment
Antal sidor:316
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032754536

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Marco Lambertini is Convenor of the Nature Positive Initiative.Joseph “Joe” W. Bull is Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Oxford, UK.Leroy Little Bear is Professor Emeritus at the University of Lethbridge, Canada.Harvey Locke is Co-founder and Senior Advisor for Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and Nature Needs Half.Eva Zabey is the CEO of Business for Nature.Dorothy Maseke is Head of the African Natural Capital Alliance (ANCA) secretariat and Africa Lead, Nature Finance & TNFD at FSD Africa.Carlos Manuel Rodríguez is CEO and Chair of the Global Environment Facility.

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“The authors have written a fascinating and necessary book, tackling the urgency of defining critical steps and actions needed to protect our nature and ecosystems. They do so by proposing practical nature-based solutions and inviting a sense of collective urgency. This is a book that every nature lover and anyone committed to a sustainable future should read.” Iván Duque Márquez, Former President of Colombia“Never before have the consequences of nature’s decline been more obvious and the need for change more urgent; never again will there be a better time to protect and restore what remains of the living systems that make our existence possible. Bravo to the authors for clearly articulating in Becoming Nature Positive how everyone, everywhere, can be a part of the transition from steadily losing the natural systems that underpin our existence, and tip toward treating nature as if our lives depend on it – because they do.” Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer and Founder of Mission BlueBecoming Nature Positive fills an important gap in sustainability literature, combining clear-eyed assessment of the transformationrequired, with practical guidance for how to achieve it. As we approach 2030, works such as this will become essential guides for translating global ambitions into tangible action. The authors have provided a valuable road map; the challenge now lies in summoningthe collective will to follow it. Ryan Nolan, Research Fellow at the University of Exeter Business School

Innehållsförteckning

PART I The journey so far Chapter 1. The genesis of Nature PositiveChapter 2. The ‘Great Rise’ (of humanity) and the ‘Great Decline’ (of nature) Chapter 3. The ‘Great Awakening’Chapter 4. Becoming Nature Positive: The ‘Great Transition’ from tipping to turning point PART II Transitioning to a safe and just future Chapter 5. The science of Nature Positive Chapter 6. Building a Nature-Positive societyChapter 7. The role of business in a Nature-Positive economyChapter 8. Nature-Positive finance Chapter 9. Nature-Positive governance