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The Governments of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela and Rafael Correa in Ecuador offer key elements to approach the interrelationships of two phenomena, namely «populism» and «neo-extractivism», traditionally addressed by different branches of social sciences ...
Álvaro Ramón Sánchez +1 more
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With 1,121 expropriations for the construction of the Minas-Rio (Brazil) pipeline and 1,500 families expropriated for the construction of the Açu Port Complex (Brazil), adding to the impact on aquatic systems with degradation, increased demand ...
Rosangela Maria Amorim Benevides-Guimarães +2 more
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The Future of Environmental Geography
ABSTRACT Around the world, the environmental crisis is deepening. Rising global temperatures are fuelling socioecological threats and damage with distinctly uneven geographical consequences. Although rapid and drastic reductions in carbon emissions are critical to preventing climate breakdown, our institutional, societal and individual responses have ...
Kathyrn Yusoff +4 more
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Brides and Automata in The Frankenstein Chronicles
This article offers an analysis of the television series The Frankenstein Chronicles (TFC), positioning it as a significant contribution to the neo-Victorian revival of the Frankenstein narrative within contemporary televisual seriality.
Federica Perazzini
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El extractivismo de las algas pardas en el norte de Chile
: The extractivism of brown algae in northern Chile The extraction and collection of brown algae (huiros) showed an exponential increase in the early 2000s.
Raúl Márquez, Julio Alberto Vásquez
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Abstract High nature value (HNV) pastoral systems, that is those maintained by herding, transhumance and extensive grazing practices, are recognised as cornerstones of European biodiversity, cultural heritage and ecosystem service provision. Yet these systems are currently under significant pressure from a range of economic, social and environmental ...
Katrina Marsden +7 more
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Conflictos socioambientales por neoextractivismo en el oriente del departamento de Antioquia
El siguiente artículo es una aproximación a los conflictos socioambientales por neoextractivismo en el oriente del departamento de Antioquia, Colombia, por la construcción de grandes, pequeñas y microcentrales hidroeléctricas y por la gran minería ...
Nathalia Ávila Escobar +1 more
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ABSTRACT This article examines how the EU frames problems and solutions regarding the current interconnected crises of climate change, inequality and other social, economic and environmental problems. The EU's main strategic priorities are summarised in the EU Strategic Agenda, but the latest agenda was published in 2024 and has not yet been ...
Viktor Lovén
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Extractivism and transition in Africa : opportunities and challenges [PDF]
Thesis (MPhil) Stellenbosch University, 2014ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Existence of natural resources in majority of African countries has been identified to support further development due to continuously increase in commodity revenues.
Huber, Maria
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ABSTRACT Deforestation and its social impacts are an enduring challenge in agrarian frontiers, especially in the tropics. Fueled by global demand for commodities, this process is mediated by ideas, concepts, meanings, and policies that uphold socioenvironmental degradation. A key and understudied—arena in which this mediation occurs is the sub‐national
Gabriela Russo Lopes, Fabio de Castro
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