1st Edition

Governing the Nature Restoration State

By Nick Kirsop-Taylor Copyright 2026
230 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The ongoing global mass extinction of biotic life threatens the institutional foundations of many developed nations, which have historically depended on exploiting natural resources. As we enter the global Age of Ecosystem Restoration, a transformative governance paradigm emerges that could guide societies through the current biodiversity crisis. This institutional shift requires states to... Read more

Acknowledgements

Acronym list

Chapter One: Governing the Nature Restoration State: Introduction

Chapter Two: The State-of-Nature

Chapter Three: The State-and-Nature

Chapter Four: Governance-for-Nature

Chapter Five: The Age of Nature Restoration

Chapter Six: Governing the Nature Restoration State

Chapter Seven: Governance within the Nature Restoration State

Chapter Eight: Governance beyond the Nature Restoration State

Chapter Nine: Boundaries, limits and potentials of the Nature Restoration State

Annexe A

Index

Biography

Nick Kirsop-Taylor is an interdisciplinary environmental political scientist at the University of Exeter in the UK. He is a co-editor of the Handbook on the Governance of Sustainable Development (2022) and has published extensively in prestigious global peer-reviewed journals.

Nick Kirsop-Taylor has written an important and necessarily challenging book at a crucial moment full of great ideas, robust arguments and profound conclusions - I can't wait for the second volume!”  -- Gary Kass, Visiting Professor in Sustainability Science, Policy and Practice, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, UK.