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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 …

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 …

New: “Gendered violence martyring Filipina environmental defenders”

New research by DalenaTran, from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA-UAB), Spain. Read it now in the journal of The Extractive Industries and Society at Science …

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 Rodríguez-Labajos. Teresa Sanz Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus de la UAB, 08193, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain Beatriz Rodríguez-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 …

Joan Martínez Alier keynote lecture on the 2022 Balzan Prizewinners Announcement

On the occasion of the 2022 Balzan Prizewinners Announcement, Joan Martínez Alier, 2020 Balzan Prize winner for “Environmental Challenges: Responses from the Social Sciences and the Humanities”, gave a keynote …

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 …


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