Introduction: Why Are Species Extinction and Biodiversity Collapse Relevant to the Financial Markets, Accounting and Governance?; Part I Defining Extinction Governance, Extinction Accounting and Extinction Finance 1 Extinction Accounting, Finance and Engagement: Implementing a Species Protection Action Plan for the Financial Markets; 2 Extinction Governance: Establishing a Framework for Extinction Accounting, Accountability and Finance; Part II The Urgent State of Nature: Addressing Extinction and Biodiversity Decline 3 Business, Extinction and the Future of Species: Moving from Good Intention to Action against Species Extinction; 4 Business for Nature: How Businesses Can Save Species and Preserve Biodiversity; 5 Heal Rewilding: A Landowning Model for Species Recovery; 6 Oil Palm Industry and Biodiversity Loss: Enhancing Governance through the Sustainability Policy Transparency Toolkit (SPOTT); 7 Cultural and Religious Aspects of Extinction Governance in the Middle East: Accounting for Camels in the Israeli Context; 8 Middle Eastern Extinctions: Building a Religious Motivation for Species Protection; 9 The Need for Good Governance in Securing Environmental Justice; 10 A Regenerative Approach to Biodiversity and Species Extinction Accounting; Part III Extinction Finance: How Financial Market Mechanisms Can Save Species 11 'Extinction Bonds' Addressing Biodiversity Issues through Sustainable Finance; 12 From Active to Passive: Establishing a Framework for a Biodiversity Index Solution; 13 Biodiversity and Sustainability Ratings: From Data to Assessments; 14 Assessing Financial Exposure to Biodiversity Risks through Corporate Facility Mapping; 15 How to Improve Biodiversity-Related Information; 16 Green Bonds from an Integrated Thinking Perspective; 17 The Wildlife Conservation Bond: Exploring New Market Mechanisms for Protecting Endangered Species; 18 Exploring a Mechanism with Emancipatory Potential for 'Business and Biodiversity' in China: 'Ant Forest'; 19 The Investors' Policy Dialogue on Deforestation (IPDD) Case Study: A Collaborative Engagement Initiative with Governments to Mitigate Investment Impacts Resulting from Deforestation; 20 Ending Extinction: Taking Action to Transform the Financial System; 21 Extinction Accounting and Finance in Italy: The Case of Fineco Bank; Part IV Extinction Engagement: How Investors Can Save Species 22 The Global Asset Management Industry's Response to the Biodiversity Crisis; 23 Engaging to Protect and Restore Biodiversity; 24 Biodiversity Loss and Its Impact: A Practical Implementation in Portfolio Construction; 25 Addressing the Ecological Transition through Environmental, Social and Governance Investing Powered by Artificial Intelligence and Fintech; 26 Revealing Plato's 'Shadow Kingdom': Rendering Pandemic Risk Explicit in Extinction Engagement; Part V Extinction Accounting: How Accounting Can Save Species 27 The Impact of the Natural Capital and Biodiversity Crises on the Corporate and Investment Value Chain; 28 The Biodiversity Disclosure Project: From Business Mainstreaming Guidelines, the Biodiversity Performance Rating of Listed Companies to the Biological Diversity Protocol; 29 Research Methods: The Role of Ecolinguistic Analysis in Species Protection - A Toolkit for Practitioners and Academics; Part VI Reflections and Conclusion: Establishing a Framework for Action 30 Extinction, Biodiversity Loss and COVID-19: Searching for Meaning; 31 Hope for the Future: A CREATIIIVE Approach to Extinction Governance, Accounting and Finance
