Reports
New Research – Participatory Security as Form of Control: Kaziranga National Park, India
Fanari, Eleonora – Ph.D. Candidate, Institute de Ciència y Tecnologia Ambientals Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), Barcelona, Spain. Abstract ‘More security, more conservation’ is the mantra utilised by the Indian forest service …
“Ecomodernity, decoloniality and environmental justice” – Joan MartÃnez-Alier in conversation with Goutam Karmakar
By Joan MartÃnez-Alier & Goutam Karmakar https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2024.2389983 ABSTRACT Joan MartÃnez-Alier and Goutam Karmakar engage in a conversation where they examine the discourses of the Anthropocene, the Capitalocene, political ecology, and the Entropocene, exploring …
A century of Italian dams: did they serve environmental justice?
New research unpacks the sustainability disclosures of the Italian construction company WeBuild (formerly Salini Impregilo) Picture | The Gibe III dam, Ethiopia. Credits:  © Fausto Podavini, ‘Omo Change’ project ‘We build value’. …
NEW: “The role of working-class communities and the slow violence of toxic pollution in environmental health conflicts: A global perspective”
By Grettel Navas, Giacomo D’Alisa and Joan MartÃnez-Alier Available here or at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2022.102474 Abstract Analysing a sample of 3,033 environmental conflicts around the globe, we compared conflicts reporting no human health impacts to …
Environmental justice and corporate social irresponsibility: the case of the mining company Vale S.A.
By Beatriz Macchione Saes, Daniela Del Bene, Raquel Neyra, Lucrecia Wagner and Joan MartÃnez-Alier. Available to read here. OR https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-4422asoc20210014vu2021L4ID Abstract After the Vale’s tailings dam failure in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais) in …
New Report Maps Mining Impacts of the Energy Transition in the Americas
On the heels of COP-26, where global leaders agreed to make unprecedented investments in the energy transition, frontline communities already in the crosshairs of mining for critical minerals warn of …
Nuevo Informe: Mapeo de Resistencia frente a los Impactos y Discursos de la MinerÃa para la Transición Energética en las Américas
Un nuevo mapa interactivo e informe destaca los impactos negativos de la minerÃa “verde” en el continente americano y las comunidades que se organizan para una transición justa. DÃas después de …
EJOLT, EnvJustice and EJAtlas main work on Leaving Fossil Fuels Underground (LFFU) cases
1) Towards a Post-oil Civilization. Yasunization and Other Initiatives to Leave Fossil Fuels in the Soil. By Temper, L., Yánez, I., Sharife, K., Ojo, G., Martinez-Alier, J., CANA, Combes, M., …
New Research: Airport projects responsible for human rights violations and ecological destruction around the world
Interactive map documents 80 cases of airport-related injustices and resistance Feature Map: https://ejatlas.org/featured/airport-conflict-around-the-world All across the globe airport projects are generating serious conflicts and social and environmental impacts: land acquisition, displacement of …
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 …
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)