Mapping Global Environmental Conflicts and Spaces of Resistance

2018 ◽  
pp. 92-97
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Spaces Of Resistance

scholarly journals PALEONTOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: MAKING CONNECTIONS THROUGH POLITICAL ECOLOGY

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Neves Silva ◽  
Angélica Cosenza
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Political Ecology ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Minas Gerais ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Participatory Management ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
The Social ◽  
Current Science

Abstract Far from studying only beings from the past, Paleontology is a current science which can situate human existence in the context of the global environmental crisis before inequalities and socio-environmental conflicts which occur in Brazilian paleontological sites. Aiming to discuss possible connections between Paleontology and Environmental Justice, this essay arises from a survey on environmental conflicts existing in the paleontological sites in Minas Gerais. Stemming from the issues found and the contribution of the Political Ecology theoretical framework, the struggle for territory and decoloniality is discussed as crucial dimensions for a view that seeks to restore the populations’ right to their (paleo) territories. The connections between these fields are presented here as references for the fight against the social inequalities found in paleontological sites, such as those in Minas Gerais, and for the inclusion of their communities in participatory management.

scholarly journals IDEOLOGICAL CHALLENGE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE IN LATIN AMERICA: THE CASE OF CHILE AND THE COPPER MINING INDUSTRY

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Fernando Estenssoro ◽  
Cristian Parker ◽  
Gloria Baigorrotegui
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Environmental Governance ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Copper Mining ◽  
Environmental Conflicts ◽  
Relevant Variable ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

This paper analyzes the main results of a research on environmental governance in Latin America, held in Chile in relation to copper mining. Different sectors of economic and political elites of the country, as well as actors of civil society linked to the environmental movement were interviewed. The objective was to ascertain their level of knowledge and perceptions of global environmental issues and whether it was possible to perform an extractive activity within the parameters of sustainable development. Results were compared with those of previous studies and given that all social actors show a high and growing level of environmental awareness, it is proposed that ideology is a relevant variable to consider in terms of creating socio-environmental conflicts. Particularly among those who believe that it is feasible to achieve increasing levels of environmental and social sustainability in mining activity, facing those who absolutely reject this possibility

Global Environmental Constitutionalism

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. May ◽  
Erin Daly
Keyword(s):  
Global Environmental

Ecological Limits and the Meaning of Freedom: A Defense of Liberty as Non-Domination

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 33-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustin Fragnière
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Analysis ◽  
Environmental Policies ◽  
Environmental Constraints ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Individual Liberty ◽  
Philosophical Debate ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Global Environmental Problems ◽  
Global Environmental ◽  
Two Alternatives

It is now widely acknowledged that global environmental problems raise pressing social and political issues, but relatively little philosophical attention has been paid to their bearing on the concept of liberty. This must surprise us, because the question of whether environmental policies are at odds with individual liberty is bound to be controversial in the political arena. First, this article explains why a thorough philosophical debate about the relation between liberty and environmental constraints is needed. Second, based on Philip Pettit’s typology of liberty, it assesses how different conceptions of liberty fare in a context of stringent ecological limits. Indeed, a simple conceptual analysis shows that some conceptions of liberty are more compatible than others with such limits, and with the policies necessary to avoid overshooting them. The article concludes that Pettit’s conception of liberty as non-domination is more compatible with the existence of stringent ecological limits than the two alternatives considered.

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