Resources
Factsheets
The Persecution and Violation of Human Rights of Environmental Defenders
1. Background In the framework of the United Nations “Human rights defender” is a term used to describe people who, individually or with others, act to promote or protect human rights. …
The Vedanta Case in India
1. Synthesis of the main facts The Vedanta Case concerns a proposal to develop an open cast bauxite mine on the upper reaches of the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, India. According …
The Trafigura Case
1. Factual background In the Probo Koala incident, more recently also known as the Trafigura case, toxic and dangerous waste products belonging to Trafigura –one of the world’s leading oil trading …
The Yanacocha Mine Case
1. Introduction: The Yanacocha mine The Yanacocha gold mine is located in Northern Peru, at an altitude between 3500 and 4000m, near the city of Cajamarca (35 km). It is considered …
The Rio Tinto Case in Papua New Guinea
1. Factual background The company Rio Tinto has an extensive history of conflicts related to human rights violations and environmental damage, and over the years numerous countries have been affected. The …
Irrawaddy dam
This is a provisional success story in 2011 in stopping a very large dam already under construction and scheduled for completion in 2019 in the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy …
Podcasts
Nnimmo Bassey on green economy (1)
Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria) will guide you through the seductive ‘green economy’ and explain how the way it is currently promoted by UN agencies such as UNEP is rather giving a …
Podcast One: EJOLT introduction
This first podcast serves to introduce the EJOLT project in less than 2 minutes
Presentations
Our Unique Training Opportunities
We offer 3 kinds of training:1. Master in political ecology;This is the first Master of its kind, and one of the first in the world in the flourishing field of …
The Environmental Justice MOOC from the University of East Anglia: Take full advantage of this unique opportunity
This free 5-week online course is open to everyone around the world and usually starts in October. Understand how climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation affect people, exploring justice in …
Teaching about the EJAtlas in China
See how members from our team (Arnim Scheidel, Grettel Navas and Juan Liu) taught an 8-week course in China about Political Ecology Vea cómo los miembros de nuestro equipo (Arnim Scheidel, Grettel Navas …
Presentation about EJOLT work
This presentation is an introduction to some of the EJOLT work
Presentation about EJOLT partners
This presentation is an introduction to some of the EJOLT partners
Press Releases
Global Atlas of Environmental Justice re-launches website tracking ecological conflicts globally
New platform integrates geo-spatial data to present conflicts in context and expands its coverage The EJOLT project launches today a new phase of the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice, an interactive …
Map of most influential environmental justice conflicts in the US is released this week
[BRUSSELS, 25 June 2014] The 40 most influential environmental justice conflicts in recent American history are now included in a Global Atlas of Environmental Justice. The U.S. cases were compiled …
Global Atlas of environmental conflicts launched in Brussels
[BRUSSELS, 19 March 2014] The Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT) project launches today its Global Atlas of Environmental Justice, a visually attractive and interactive online mapping platform detailing …
Scientific Papers
A global environmental justice movement: mapping ecological distribution conflicts
By Joan Martínez-Alier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)AbstractAbstract: The industrial economy is not circular, it is entropic, therefore requiring new supplies of energy and materials extracted from the “commodity frontiers”, and …
Environmental conflicts and defenders: A global overview
By Arnim Scheidel, Daniela Del Bene, Juan Liu, Grettel Navas, Sara Mingorría, Federico Demaria, Sofía Avila, Brototi Roy, Irmak Ertör, Leah Temper, Joan Martínez-AlierAbstract.Recent research and policies recognize the importance …
Environmental justice and the SDGs: from synergies to gaps and contradictions
By Mary Menton, Carlos Larrea, Sara Latorre, Joan Martinez-Alier, Mika Peck, Leah Temper & Mariana Walter. AbstractThrough their synergies, trade-offs, and contradictions, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) have the potential …
Learning and Teaching Through the Online Environmental Justice Atlas: From Empowering Activists to Motivating Students
By Mariana Walter, Lena Weber, Leah Temper. AbstractIn this paper we examined how the Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas),1 an online platform that was initially developed to make visible and systematize …
Environmental justice and Chinese dam-building in the global South
By Giuseppina Siciliano, Daniela Del Bene, Arnim Scheidel, Juan Liu, Frauke Urban. AbstractChinese investments in large hydropower dams have rapidly increased all over the world in the last 20 years. …
Environmental Justice Movements in India: An analysis of the multiple manifestations of violence.
By Brototi Roy and Joan Martinez-Alier.AbstractWith each passing year, defending land and water, livelihoods and cultures appears to become more violent. Against the alarming number of murders of environmental activists …
Ecological Distribution Conflicts in India. Some Insights on the Role of Violence
By Joan Martinez-Alier and Brototi Roy.The term Ecological Distribution Conflicts(EDCs) was coined about 20 years ago by ecological economists (Martinez-Alier and O‟Connor 1996) to describe social conflicts born from the …
A ‘political fungology’ of China’s booming banana sector
By Robin Thiers, Juan Liu, Grettel Navas, Arnim Scheidel, Haifei MouAbstractChina’s commercial Cavendish banana production revolves around the mobilization of land, capital and labour, as well as the management of …
Links
- 70 ecological films reviewed
ejoltdocumentaries.wordpress.com/
A catalogue of online films on social and environmental justice issues in Africa - African Environmental Justice films
ejoltdocumentaries.wordpress.com/
A catalogue of online films on social and environmental justice issues in Africa - All the news on grabbing of farmland
farmlandgrab.org/
Governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food or simply to make money - Article from Khadija Sharife
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Who should pay for Climate Damage? - Christopher Walker environmental justice documentaries
www.youtube.com/channel/UCCQjUy8Ntt5Ot8OHdA9K7Ug/feed
Award-winning director who made documentaries related to environmental justice - Climate Law Database
climatedatabase.eu/
Climate Law Database provides you with information about climate change legislation, both existing and proposed, and gives you access to a wide range of related materials. - CRIIRAD
www.criirad.org/english/presentation.html
Commission for Independent Research and Information about RADiation - Enforcing climate justice by law
www.climatelaw.org/
Enforcing climate change law by a group of lawyers working all over the world - Environmental justice in the US
www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/index.html
The website of the environmental justice department in the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) of the US - ERA Action
eraction.org/
Friends of the Earth Nigeria - EU Environmental Liability Directive
europa.eu/legislation_summaries/enterprise/interaction_with_other_policies/l28120_en.htm
This Directive establishes a common framework for liability with a view to preventing and remedying damage to animals, plants, natural habitats and water resources, and damage affecting the land - FP7 project on sustainable production and consumption
www.scp-knowledge.eu/
CORPUS; The Knowledge Hub on Sustainable Production and Consumption - Greenpeace – the nuclear section
www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/
Greenpeace has a long history of studywork and campaigns against nuclear energy - Growth and sustainable consumption: this FP7 project bridges the gap
www.scp-responder.eu/
RESPONDER; Linking sustainable consumption and growth debates - IPPNW
www.ippnw.org/
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - Make wealth history
makewealthhistory.org/
Some great articles on why the earth can’t afford the wealthy - Mines and Communities
www.minesandcommunities.org/
Network of indigenous and solidarity NGOs, representing many thousands of people directly affected by the mining industry. - Mines, Minerals and People
www.mmpindia.in/
Communities COmmand over Natural Resources – Indian network - Mining Justice Alliance
miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com/
Holding Vancouver-based mining companies accountable through grassroots organizing - MiningWatch Canada
www.miningwatch.ca/
Changing public policy and mining practices to ensure the health of individuals, communities and ecosystems - Nucleare Heritage Network
www.nuclear-heritage.net/
Connecting anti-nuclear activists worldwide, providing information regarding nuclear issues and anti-nuclear activities in many countries and developping projects and campaigns. - Oakland Institute – Land Rights
www.oaklandinstitute.org/land-rights-issue
The purchase and lease of vast tracts of land from poor, developing countries by wealthier nations and international private investors has led to debate about whether land investment is a tool for development or force of displacement. - OCMAL (Spanish)
www.conflictosmineros.net/
El Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina (OCMAL) es una articulación de +40 organizaciones con el objetivo de defender las comunidades afectadas por la minería. Haga click en imagen para ver quienes somos - Oilwatch
www.oilwatch.org/en/
International network acting as watchdog for the oil industry - Project on sustainable lifestyles
www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu/
What is a sustainable lifestyle? This FP7 project digs rather deep into this - Public Health Resources for Understanding Environmental Racism – US
A guide for understanding how low-income communities and communities of color are more likely to be affected by environmental racism. - Shipbreaking Platform
www.shipbreakingplatform.org/
An NGO specialised in the issue of shipbreaking – based in Brussels - SOS Yasuni
www.sosyasuni.org/en/
A website dedicated to implementing the pioneering idea to keep the oil in the soil under the Yasuni ITT block - SRIC
www.sric.org/uranium/index.php
Southwest Research and Information Center – Uranium Impact Assessment - Texaco Toxico
www.texacotoxico.org/
Spanish site on the legacy of texaco (now Chevron) in Ecuador - The case of Chevron in Ecuador
chevrontoxico.com/news-and-multimedia/
Today, Chevron is a corporate criminal on the run. It has been found guilty by Ecuadorian courts and ordered to pay $19 billion. Here you’ll find all update on the hunt for this corporate criminal - The case of Shell in Nigeria
EJOLT partner BHR tracks events on all law and compensation cases of Shell in Nigeria - Wise Uranium
www.wise-uranium.org/
Covers the health and environmental impacts of uranium mining and nuclear fuel production:
Latest from the Blog
Joan Martinez-Alier wins Balzan Prize
The International Balzan Foundation based in Milan, Italy awarded Joan Martinez Alier, the 2020 Balzan Prize for Environmental Challenges: Responses from the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Joan Martinez Alier received this award, …
Environmental conflicts and defenders: a global view
By Arnim Scheidel, Daniela Del Bene, Juan Liu, Grettel Navas, Sara Mingorría, Federico Demaria, Sofía Avila, Brototi Roy, Irmak Ertör, Leah Temper, Joan Martinez-Alier.A new article by the EnvJustice team at ICTA-UAB, based on …
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)