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Slow justice and other unexpected consequences of litigation in environmental conflicts
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Conde, Marta (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ;
Walter, Mariana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ;
Wagner, Lucrecia (Institute of Nivology, Glaciology and Environmental Science) ;
Navas Obando, Grettel (University of Chile)
Movements are increasingly taking companies to court for environmental and social harms. Yet little is known about the consequences this strategy has for movements and their struggles. Through a cross-country comparison of three environmental litigation cases in Argentina, Nicaragua, and Spain, we find that local groups encounter three interrelated consequences: i) 'slow justice', a strategy generally driven by companies to delay proceedings and demobilize movements; ii) courts reduce complex impacts to simplified, scientifically verifiable and legally punishable damages, thus invisibilizing certain harms, victims, narratives and demands; and iii) local groups lose control of the resistance process as judges and lawyers become key decision-makers. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102762
Global Environmental Change, Vol. 83 (December 2023) , art. 102762
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Conflict and conservation : On the role of protected areas for environmental justice
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Bontempi, Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia) ;
Venturi, Pietro (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ;
Del Bene, Daniela (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ;
Scheidel, Arnim (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals) ;
Zaldo-Aubanell, Quim (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya) ;
Maneja, Roser (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geografia)
When are protected areas drivers of environmental injustices and conflict, and under which circumstances may they support customary users in protecting their lands and livelihoods against extractivist development? We address these questions by analyzing the diverse roles that protected areas play in the context of environmental conflicts. [...]
2023 - 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102740
Global Environmental Change, Vol. 82 (September 2023) , art. 102740
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Environmental conflicts and defenders : A global overview
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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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