“Enterprising Nature” explores the rise of economic rationality in global biodiversity law, policy and science. • Examines disciplinary apparatuses, ecological-economic methodologies, computer models, business alliances, and regulatory conditions creating the conditions in which nature can be produced as enterprising • Relates lively, firsthand accounts of global processes at work drawn from multi-site research in Nairobi, Kenya; London, England; and Nagoya, Japan • Assesses the scientific, technical, geopolitical, economic, and ethical challenges found in attempts to 'enterprise nature' • Investigates the implications of this 'will to enterprise' for environmental politics and policy