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"Commodification of nature" as a book category examines how elements of the natural world—land, water, plants and animals, ecosystems, genetic resources, carbon and other ecosystem services—are transformed into marketable goods, assets, or services through valuation, privatization, regulation, patents and trade. Books in this category combine economic, political, legal, ethical and cultural perspectives to analyze the processes and institutions (neoliberal policy, enclosure, bioprospecting, carbon markets, water privatization, ecosystem service accounting) that assign monetary value to nature, and the consequences for biodiversity, ecological health, social justice and indigenous and communal rights. The genre spans scholarly analyses, investigative journalism, policy critiques and fiction or memoir that illustrate case studies—from corporate land grabs and water commodification to biodiversity patenting and carbon offset schemes—and often explores alternatives such as recognition of commons, rights of nature, or decommodification strategies.

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