Around the World in 80 Species

Jill Atkins holds a Chair in Financial Management at Sheffield University Management School, UK, and is a visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Barry Atkins has a background in script-writing and editing for BBC Radio and TV.

• Chapter 1 Around the world in 80 species: What is mass extinction and can we stop it?; Chapter 2 How can accounting, integrated reporting and engagement prevent extinction?; Chapter 3 A deep ecology perspective on extinction; Chapter 4 Species extinction and closing the loop of argument: Imagining accounting and finance as the potential cause of human extinction; Chapter 5 Recovered species? The eastern North Pacific grey whale unusual mortality event, 1999-2000; Chapter 6 The Natural Capital Protocol and the honey bee; Chapter 7 Extraction and extinction: The role of investors in ensuring the marine health of the planet; Chapter 8 The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES): An appraisal.; Chapter 9 Extinction accounting by South African listed companies; Chapter 10 Business contributions to extinction risk mitigation for black rhinos in Laikipia, Kenya; Chapter 11 Extinction accounting by the public sector: South African National Parks; Chapter 12 Extinction accounting in European zoos: Reporting and practice of conservation programmes to prevent animals from extinction; Chapter 13 An RSPB perspective on extinction and extinction prevention: How is the RSPB collaborating and partnering with business to prevent extinction?; Chapter 14 Endangered house sparrows and thriving red kites: Do we have useful metrics for sustainability?; Chapter 15 Deforestation risk and the tissue industry in Italy; Chapter 16 Accounting for captive belugas: a whale of a business; Chapter 17 An ecological auto-ethnography of a monarch butterfly; Chapter 18 Accounting for survival of polar bears: an arctic icon on thin ice; Chapter 19 Panda accounting and accountability: Preventing giant panda extinction in China; Chapter 20 Some reflections on extinction accounting, engagement and species

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