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15 p, 5.0 MB On thin ice - The Arctic commodity extraction frontier and environmental conflicts / Hanaček, Ksenija (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Kröger, Markus (University of Helsinki. Global Development Studies) ; Scheidel, Arnim (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Rojas, Facundo (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo) ; Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
This article contributes to the discussion on socio-environmental conflicts and extractive projects in the Arctic region. Fifty-three socio-environmental conflicts are analysed, using data from the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice. [...]
2022 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107247
Ecological economics, Vol. 191 (January 2022) , art. 107247  
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16 p, 27.2 MB Mapping ecological distribution conflicts : The EJAtlas / Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
This article describes the origins of the terms "environmental justice" and "environmentalism of the poor and the indigenous" since the 1980s. In 2012 the collection of "ecological distribution conflicts" (EDC) in an Atlas of Environmental Justice (the EJAtlas) started. [...]
2021 - 10.1016/j.exis.2021.02.003
The extractive industries and society, Vol. 8, Issue 4 (December 2021) , art. 100883  
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24 p, 356.8 KB Gendered geographies of violence: a multiple case study analysis of murdered women environmental defenders / Tran, Dalena (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Navas Obando, Grettel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Mingorría, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
This study illustrates how, despite the diversity of women environmental defenders and their movements around the world, there are near-universal patterns of violence threatening their survival. Violence against women environmental defenders, often perpetrated by government-backed corporations, remains overlooked. [...]
Cette étude illustre comment, malgré la diversité des femmes défenseurs de l'environnement et de leurs mouvements à travers le monde, il existe des schémas de violence quasi universels qui menacent leur survie. [...]
Este estudio ilustra cómo, a pesar de la diversidad de las defensoras del medio ambiente y sus movimientos alrededor mundo, hay patrones universales de violencia que amenazan su supervivencia. La violencia contra las defensoras del medio ambiente por empresas extractivas, en colaboración con los gobiernos, sigue siendo relativamente invisible. [...]

2020 - 10.2458/v27i1.23760
Journal of political ecology, Vol. 27, Issue 1 (2020) , p. 1189-1212  
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12 p, 6.2 MB Environmental conflicts and defenders : A global overview / Scheidel, Arnim (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Del Bene, Daniela (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Liu, Juan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Navas Obando, Grettel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Mingorría, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Demaria, Federico (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Avila, Sofía (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Roy, Brototi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Ertör, Irmak (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Temper, Leah (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Recent research and policies recognize the importance of environmental defenders for global sustainability and emphasize their need for protection against violence and repression. However, effective support may benefit from a more systematic understanding of the underlying environmental conflicts, as well as from better knowledge on the factors that enable environmental defenders to mobilize successfully. [...]
2020 - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102104
Global environmental change, Vol. 63 (July 2020) , art. 102104  
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18 p, 499.8 KB A State-of-the-art review of indigenous peoples and environmental pollution / Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro (University of Helsinki. Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science) ; Garteizgogeascoa, María (University of Helsinki. Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences) ; Basu, Niladri (McGill University. Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences) ; Brondizio, Eduardo (Indiana University. Department of Anthropology) ; Cabeza, Mar (University of Helsinki. Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science) ; Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; McElwee, Pamela (The State University of New Jersey. Department of Human Ecology) ; Reyes-García, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Indigenous peoples (IPs) worldwide are confronted by the increasing threat of pollution. Based on a comprehensive review of the literature (n = 686 studies), we present the current state of knowledge on: 1) the exposure and vulnerability of IPs to pollution; 2) the environmental, health, and cultural impacts of pollution upon IPs; and 3) IPs' contributions to prevent, control, limit, and abate pollution from local to global scales. [...]
2020 - 10.1002/ieam.4239
Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, Vol. 16, issue 3 (May 2020) , p. 324-341  
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19 p, 5.0 MB Environmental conflicts related to urban expansion involving agrarian communities in Central Mexico / Ruiz Rincón, Victoria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Mingorría, Sara (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Rural territories and cultures have been increasingly sacrificed through depopulation, invasion by infrastructure, and the presence of industries which are incompatible with agriculture. Meanwhile, the expansion of urban space through demographic agglomeration and the concentration of activities in cities is leading to a progressively urbanised world. [...]
2019 - 10.3390/su11236545
Sustainability, Vol. 11, Issue 23 (December 2019) , art. 6545  
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10 p, 2.8 MB India's biophysical economy, 1961-2008. Sustainability in a national and global context / Singh, Simron Jit (Institute of Social Ecology Vienna) ; Krausmann, Fridolin (Institute of Social Ecology Vienna) ; Gingrich, Simone (Institute of Social Ecology Vienna) ; Haberl, Helmut (Institute of Social Ecology Vienna) ; Erb, Karl-Heinz (Institute of Social Ecology Vienna) ; Lanz, Peter (Institute of Social Ecology Vienna) ; Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Temper, Leah (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
India's economic growth in the last decade has raised several concerns in terms of its present and future resource demands for materials and energy. While per capita resource consumption is still extremely modest but on the rise, its sheer population qualifies India as a fast growing giant with material and energy throughput that is growing rapidly . [...]
2012 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2012.01.022
Ecological economics, Núm. 76 (2012) , p. 60-69  
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20 p, 306.3 KB Who promotes sustainability? Five theses on the relationships between the degrowth and the environmental justice movements / Akbulut, Bengi (Concordia University) ; Demaria, Federico (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Gerber, Julien-Francois (Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. International Institute of Social Studies) ; Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
Environmental destructions, overconsumption and overdevelopment are felt by an increasing number of people. Voices for 'prosperity without growth' have strengthened and environmental conflicts are on the rise worldwide. [...]
2019 - 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.106418
Ecological economics, Vol. 165 (Nov. 2019) , art. 106418  
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16 p, 362.2 KB Environmental justice movements in India : an analysis of the multiple manifestations of violence / Roy, Brototi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
With each passing year, defending land and water, livelihoods and cultures appears to become more violent. Against the alarming number of murders of environmental activists or environmental defenders, which is the easiest way to recognize violence, this article aims to analyse other visible and invisible ways in which violence is manifested. [...]
2019
Ecology, economy and society-the INSEE Journal, Vol. 2, issue 1 (Jan 2019) , p. 77-92  
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4 p, 271.2 KB Ecological distribution conflicts in India : some insights on the role of violence / Martínez Alier, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ; Roy, Brototi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)
With each passing year, defending land and water, livelihoods and cultures appears to become more violent. Against the alarming number of murders of environmental activists or environmental defenders, which is the easiest way to recognize violence, this article aims to analyse other visible and invisible ways in which violence is manifested. [...]
2019
Ecology, economy and society-the INSEE Journal, Vol. 2, issue 1 (Jan. 2019) , p. 27-30  

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