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Chinese extractivism, land dispossession, and displacements in Zimbabwe

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
This article analyses land dispossession, displacement, and environmental degradation linked to Chinese extractive activities through a Southern green criminological and state crime lens.
Manase Kudzai Chiweshe   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Destabilizing ‘Development’: A Critique of Capitalocene in Sarah Joseph’s Gift in Green

open access: yesNalans, 2023
Dean Curtin (1999) and Mariko Lin Frame (2023) argue that a minor portion of the world’s population has autonomy over resource consumption dynamics, while the majority is confined to the periphery (p. 35; p. 8).
Swapnit Pradhan, Nagendra Kumar
doaj   +1 more source

Field of Conflict: Ein relationaler Ansatz zur Analyse von Konflikten um Land [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In diesem Beitrag wird ein Analyserahmen entworfen, um Konflikte um Land, die im Zusammenhang mit strukturellen Transformationsprozessen und Krisen stehen, der empirischen Untersuchung zugänglich zu machen.
Dietz, Kristina, Engels, Bettina
core   +1 more source

Green Extractivisms and Alternative Transitions

open access: yesEnvironment and Society
Abstract Latin America is deeply entangled with the technologies and infrastructures of low-carbon energy systems, mostly through the mining for transition materials and the installation of renewable energy projects. This review article highlights the history, contemporary panorama, and future of green energy in Latin America.
Emma Banks   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Digitalising biodiversity: Exploring perceptions on risks and opportunities

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitalisation is transforming biodiversity conservation, offering new opportunities for research, governance and public engagement. Herbarium digitisation, for example, enables large‐scale access to plant data, supporting conservation, restoration and sustainable use.
Björn‐Ola Linnér   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

What Green Economy? Diverse agendas, their tensions and potential futures [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The 'green economy' has become a prominent global concept for debating desirable futures, while recasting or marginalising ‘sustainable development’.
Levidow, Les
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The Role of Global Political Economy in Community‐Based Adaptation to Climate Change—Practitioners' Experience and Opinions

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Community‐based adaptation scholars and practitioners acknowledge that power asymmetries pose significant barriers to project impact. Nevertheless, there is little research on the role of the global political economy as the root cause of vulnerability.
Tom Selje, Alexandra Klepp, Boris Heinz
wiley   +1 more source

Transversal Harm and Zemiology: Reconsidering Green Criminology and Mineral Extractivism in Cerro de Pasco, Peru

open access: yesCritical Criminology, 2023
Abstract Green criminology has been advancing a focus on environmental crimes and harms. Extending this inquiry into avoidable and avertable environmental harms is a key function of both green criminology and zemiology. However, while the former seeks to expand regulatory frameworks, the latter contains within it the potential for a more ...
Avi Boukli, Andreas Kotsakis
openaire   +1 more source

Prohibited Plants: Converging Sustainability Transitions and Local Development in ‘Left‐Behind Places’

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the relationship between sustainability transitions and local development through the case of Colombia's medicinal cannabis industry. It highlights how neglecting place‐specific needs and development expectations can hinder equitable transitions and reinforce existing socio‐economic disparities.
Diana Morales, Mónica Ramos‐Mejía
wiley   +1 more source

Catholic Integral Ecology Perspective on Lithium Mining—Building Common Ground and Action with Indigenous Communities

open access: yesReligions
This paper argues for the need to rethink lithium mining and, more broadly, for the so-called sustainable development policies grounded upon it, especially in Chile.
Cristián Borgoño
doaj   +1 more source

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