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Sara H Nelson¹, Patrick Bigger²

¹The University of British Columbia, Canada.

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This study examines the concept of ecosystems as infrastructure, revealing how this perspective shapes environmental investments for human benefit. It explores the intersection of infrastructural nature, ecosystem services, and extractivist economies, identifying key areas for future research.

Keywords:

ecosystem services finance infrastructure labor territory

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Environmental Economics
Conservation Science

Background:

The idea of 'ecosystems as infrastructure' is increasingly prevalent in conservation and ecosystem management.
This perspective influences environmental investment strategies focused on ecosystem functions for human well-being.

Purpose of the Study:

To critically analyze the assertion that ecosystems are infrastructure.
To investigate how this paradigm shapes environmental investment practices.
To explore the relationship between infrastructural nature, ecosystem services, and extractivist commodity regimes.

Main Methods:

Literature review and conceptual analysis.
Tracing the historical and geographical development of 'infrastructural nature'.
Connecting political economy of ecosystem services and infrastructure literature.

Main Results:

The 'ecosystems as infrastructure' concept underpins environmental investments aimed at sustaining human life.
Infrastructural nature coexists, sometimes contentiously, with extractivist commodity systems.
Identified key research themes: labor, territory, and finance.

Conclusions:

The framing of ecosystems as infrastructure is a significant paradigm in environmental governance and investment.
Further research into labor, territory, and finance is crucial for understanding infrastructural nature's political economy.