Resources
Conflict and conservation: On the role of protected areas for environmental justice
Research based on the Environmental Justice Atlas – www.ejatlas.org Available at Global Environmental Change journal – ScienceDirect Authors: Antonio Bontempi, Pietro Venturi, Daniela Del Bene, Arnim Scheidel, Quim Zaldo-Aubanell, Roser Maneja Zaragoza Abstract When are protected areas drivers of environmental injustices and conflict, and …
Discrediting carbon credits
Big Oil going carbon neutral? Here is how carbon offsets impact local and indigenous communities. Authors: Nathaniel Rugh and Marcel Llavero-Pasquina Full article published at: https://theecologist.org/2023/aug/18/discrediting-carbon-credits Fossil fuel companies are increasingly using carbon …
The EJAtlas and the Making of the World Movement for Environmental Justice. A “Sociology of Absences”?
Author: Joan Martínez-Alier Published at the University of Toronto Press, at the The Tocqueville Review. Find it here: https://doi.org/10.3138/ttr.44.1.25 Abstract The EJAtlas is an archive of environmental conflicts. It is a collective endeavor. …
New research: Global impacts of extractive and industrial development projects on Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights
Authors: Arnim Scheidel, Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, Anju Helen Bara, Daniela Del Bene, Dominique M David-Chavez, Eleonora Fanari, Ibrahim Garba, Ksenija Hanaček, Juan Liu, Joan Martínez-Alier, Grettel Navas, Victoria Reyes-García, Brototi Roy, Leah Temper, May Aye Thiri, Dalena Tran, Mariana Walter, Kyle Powys Whyte. 7 Jun 2023 Available at Science Advance: …
A global analysis of violence against women defenders in environmental conflicts
Article by: Dalena Tran & Ksenija Hanaček Published on Nature Sustainability on 05 of June 2023: https://rdcu.be/deOJo Abstract Women environmental defenders face retaliation for mobilizing against extractive and polluting projects, which perpetrate violence against Indigenous, …
The 2023 Holberg Lecture, by Joan Martinez-Alier: ‘Land, Water, Air and Freedom’
2023 Laureate Joan Martinez-Alier ‘s Holberg Lecture, ‘Land, Water, Air and Freedom’, is published in full in the Holberg Prize’s website and Youtube with a full description. Find it also …
Latest News: Joan Martinez-Alier Named 2023 Holberg Prize Laureate
The Holberg Prize—one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology—named Joan Martinez-Alier as its 2023 Laureate. Joan Martinez-Alier …
Not victims, but fighters: A global overview on women’s leadership in anti-mining struggles
Authors: Francisco Venes (University of Coimbra), Stefania Barca (University of Santiago de Compostela), Grettel Navas (University of Chile). Available now in the Journal of Political Ecology. Abstract While it is known that women have a strong presence in struggles …
Beyond women and men: How extractive projects perpetuate gendered violence against environmental defenders in Southeast Asia
By Dalena Tran Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2023.2174853 ABSTRACT Discussion of gendered violence during environmental conflicts often centers on women’s issues without situating them …
Abisaí Pérez Romero – In Memoriam
Con profundo dolor lamentamos la muerte de Abisaí Pérez Romero, colega, reportero y y estudiante de último grado de la carrera de Comunicación y Cultura la Universidad Autónoma de la …
The project ENVJUSTICE has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No. 695446)