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Biodiversity Erosion has been subjected in the last few years to a whistleblowing and agenda-setting process. This trend has led to the emergence of governance entities meant to measure this crisis and to elaborate management and control technologies. Among these, having recourse to economic tools and to the market has been one of the most salient ideas. One may wonder how relying on economy and the market in biodiversity management has imposed itself as something evident. This article aims to contribute to answer this question. Firstly, it gives a general account of the historical shift in the field of environmental governance towards market-based policies. Then it tries to shed some light on the way this shift practically happened, focusing on the places where biodiversity management is elaborated. It insists on the fact that biodiversity governance networks are structured around places that articulate several social realms and several sets of norms, which may not be fully compatible. Therefore, the paper wonders how the articulation may be achieved. Focusing on a workgroup that brings together various actors of biodiversity governance, it shows that social, logical and normative contradictions can be neutralised through various practical means, allowing to establish a one-way-oriented common sense.