Resources
Iron ore peripheries in the extractive boom: A comparison between mining conflicts in India and Brazil
By Beatriz Macchione Saes and Arpita BishtAbstractThe emerging economies of India and Brazil experienced a strong increase in iron ore extraction during the late commodities boom. Despite similar extraction trends, these economies followed …
Talk renewables, walk coal: The paradox of India’s energy transition
By Brototi Roy and Anke Schaffartzik (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)AbstractCoal is on the rise in India: despite the devasting impacts of the climate crisis, the awareness for land and forest …
NEW Thematic Map – Losing ground: How are India’s conservation efforts putting the local communities in peril?
By Eleonora Fanari. Biodiversity around the world is decreasing at an alarming rate. We are currently facing a ‘sixth mass extinction’ and governments and international bodies are planning to take action. The …
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 …
Yannick Deniau
Yannick Deniau holds a Master degree in geography in the university of Grenoble (France). Specialized in GIS, social cartography and countermapping especially with local organisations in México. His main research interests are about mining and energy …
Naw Thiri, May Aye
Naw Thiri, May Aye is a Ph.D. fellow in Environmental Science and Technology with a focus on Ecological Economics at ICTA. Her current research explores ecological distribution conflicts with a …
Dalena Tran
Dalena Tran is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), where she researches violence against women environmental defenders during ecological …
Eleonora Fanari
Eleonora Fanari is a researcher at ICTA-UAB. Her main interest is on land and forest rights, the governance of biodiversity, and the political ecology of conservation, with a particular focus …
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 …
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)