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Coastal sand mining of heavy mineral sands: Contestations, resistance, and ecological distribution conflicts at HMS extraction frontiers across the world

By Arpita Bisht and Joan Martinez-Alier First published: 27 December 2022 https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13358 Abstract Coastal sand mining for metals involves extraction of heavy mineral sands (HMS), which are sedimentary deposits of dense minerals that accumulate in …

Arts, place, and sacrifice zones: restoration of damaged relational values in a Chilean sacrifice zone

By Teresa Sanz & Beatriz RodrĂ­guez-Labajos. Teresa Sanz Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat AutĂČnoma de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola del VallĂšs, Barcelona, Spain Beatriz RodrĂ­guez-Labajos Johns Hopkins University-Universitat Pompeu Fabra Public …

Ecologies of contention: how more-than-human natures shape contentious actions and politics

By Arnim Scheidel, Juan Liu, Daniela Del Bene, Sara Mingorria & Sergio Villamayor-Tomas. Read it now at The Journal of Peasant Studies.  ABSTRACT Which role plays the more-than-human world in shaping the possibilities for …

Struggles for just conservation: an analysis of India’s biodiversity conservation conflicts

Author: Eleonora Fanari New publication Struggles for just conservation: an analysis of India’s biodiversity conservation conflicts by EnvJustice team member, Eleonora Fanari. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.5214 Abstract The protection of the Earth’s remaining biodiversity continues to be …

Knowledge Co-Production in Scientific and Activist Alliances: Unsettling Coloniality

New research article “Knowledge Co-Production in Scientific and Activist Alliances: Unsettling Coloniality”. Authors: Marta Conde – University Pompeu FabraMariana Walter – Universitat Autonoma Barcelona DOI: https://doi.org/10.17351/ests2022.479 ABSTRACT This paper examines alliances between scientists and local groups …

Free Antonio Tolentino. What the Philippines’ biggest land investor doesn’t want you to know

By Dalena Tran Full article published by The Ecologist. Barangay captain and environmental defender Antonio Tolentino has been detained on trumped-up criminal and administrative charges for protecting farmers’ rights against Ayalaland’s land-grabbing for eight …

Reply to Orihuela et al’s “Extractivism of the poor”

By J. Martinez-Alier, R. Neyra & M.A. PĂ©rez RincĂłn Available now at The Extractive Industries and Society Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2022.101065 Abstract According to the EJAtlas, of 97 environmental conflicts in Peru, 20 are deemed as …

New: “Realities beyond reporting: women environmental defenders in South Africa”

Author: Dalena Tran Read now the new research article of Dalena Tran about women environmental defenders in South Africa. Now available on the Journal of Feminist Media Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2045335 ABSTRACT Women environmental defenders …

‘If there’s no evidence, there’s no victim’: undone science and political organisation in marginalising women as victims of DBCP in Nicaragua

By Grettel Navas ABSTRACT Victims of pesticides are often disregarded when demanding reparations and political action because of the ‘undone science.’ Studies have examined how people organise to rectify the ‘undone science’, …

Honouring martyred Filipina environmental defenders on International Women’s Day

Map Credits: Arielle Landau This International Women’s Day, we want to highlight the work of brave women defending their communities despite facing violence, and especially honour martyred Filipina environmental defenders. Out of …


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