Biopower, the Global Biodiversity Census, and the Escapes of Nonhuman Life
Biopower, the Global Biodiversity Census, and the Escapes of Nonhuman Life
Chapter 2 focuses on the global biodiversity census started in the 1990s. It suggests that the biodiversity census is one example of the change in disciplinary power when nonhuman life explicitly becomes an object of political governance. While the census, aimed at conservation goals, has mixed outcomes, nonhuman species manage to disrupt biopolitical impulses towards smooth governing of populations in interesting ways.
Keywords: Environmental politics, Biodiversity, Agency, Governance, Biopolitics, Heritage, Rewilding
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