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Gendered geographies of violence: a multiple case study analysis of murdered women environmental defenders

Journal of Political Ecology, 2021
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.
Dalena Le Tran, Joan Martinez-Alier, Grettel Navas, Sara Mingorria   +3 more
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Justice sociale et écologique

Belgeo
The field of environmental justice, which is the focus of this topical issue of Belgeo, has its roots in the long history of both social and scholarly movements and struggles around the world. This article, based on discussions within JUSTES, the contact
Collectif – Groupe de contact JUSTES
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Joan Martínez-Alier. 2023. Land, Water, Air and Freedom: The Making of World Movements for Environmental Justice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Critical Romani Studies
Land, Water, Air and Freedom by Joan Martínez-Alier covers global, comparative political ecology and delves into the intricate web of environmental justice movements unfolding across the globe.
Slobodan Stankovic
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Assessing Environmental Justice in Large Hydropower Projects: The Case of São Luiz do Tapajós in Brazil

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2016
Electricity supply in a sustainable manner is one of the greatest challenges for human society today. Hydropower is by far the most important renewable electricity technology, but equally far from uncontroversial.
Christoph Ernst Emil Hess, Wagner Costa Ribeiro, Silke Wieprecht   +2 more
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Modulation of Homer1 EVH1 domain internal dynamics by putative autism‐associated mutations

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
The putative autism‐associated M65I and S97L variants of the EVH1 domain of the postsynaptic scaffold protein Homer1 do not exhibit substantial changes in their overall structure or partner binding. Both of them, but especially the M65I variant, show altered internal dynamics relative to the wild‐type domain on the μs‐ms timescale, indicated by the ...
Fanni Farkas, Brigitta Maruzs, Zsófia E. Kálmán, Tomas Klumpler, Gyula Batta, Bálint Péterfia, Zoltán Gáspári   +6 more
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Phosphoinositides and inositol phosphates as molecular glues

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Inositol phosphates (IPs) and phosphoinositides (PIPs) regulate diverse eukaryotic processes. Beyond recruiting signaling proteins or acting as structural cofactors, recent studies suggest they mediate protein–protein interactions as natural molecular glues.
Aleshia Seaton‐Terry, Alexander J. Cutright, Mong Na Claire Loi, Jessica Martin, Joseph W. Gilligan, Jakub N. Kubina, Michael J. Arambula, Susanna Tanada Palmu, Daniella Zhou, Raymond D. Blind   +9 more
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Insights from the grassroots: Political ecology of Brazilian environmental justice movements

Journal of Political Ecology
Latin American political ecology has advanced a rigorous critique of mainstream development models predicated on intensive extraction of natural resources.
Laila Sandroni, Bruno Tarin, Erika Robb Larkins   +2 more
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Relocation from protected areas as a violent process in the recent history of biodiversity conservation in India

Ecology, Economy and Society – The INSEE Journal, 2019
In the last two decades conflicts due to biodiversity conservation projects have been rising all over the world. This is due to the interest at the global level towards environmental protection, which is often implemented at the expense of communities ...
Eleonora Fanari
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Structure‐forward targeting of claudins with synthetic binders

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Claudins form the paracellular barriers between epithelial and endothelial tissues at tight junctions and are targets for molecular binders with the goal of modulating barrier permeability. Claudin‐binding molecules are relevant in drug delivery or in altering claudin interactions with disease‐causing proteins.
Alex J. Vecchio
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Health as dignity: political ecology, epistemology and challenges to environmental justice movements

Journal of Political Ecology, 2017
The article discusses conceptual and methodological issues related to environmental risks and health problems, in the context of environmental injustice and conflicts.
Marcelo Firpo Porto, Diogo Rocha Ferreira, Renan Finamore   +2 more
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