ABSTRACT
The world is currently experiencing a sixth period of mass species extinction, and 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 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, 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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|88 pages
Understanding extinction and introducing extinction accounting
part II|82 pages
Philosophical, moral, literary, business and legal perspectives on extinction
chapter 4|14 pages
Species extinction and closing the loop of argument
chapter 5|9 pages
Recovered species?
chapter 7|5 pages
Extraction and extinction
chapter 8|19 pages
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
part III|48 pages
Extinction accounting and accountability around the world
part III.1|46 pages
Extinction accounting in Africa
part III.2|68 pages
Extinction accounting in Europe and Scandinavia
chapter 12|15 pages
Extinction accounting in European zoos
chapter 13|11 pages
An RSPB perspective on extinction and extinction prevention
chapter 14|26 pages
Endangered house sparrows and thriving red kites
part III.3|48 pages
Extinction accounting in the USA, Mexico and Canada
part III.4|22 pages
Extinction accounting in polar regions
part III.5|42 pages
Extinction accounting in East Asia