| Series |
Routledge explorations in environmental studies
Routledge explorations in environmental studies. ^A1145102
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| Contents |
Preamble : in defense of life in the broadest sense and against terror -- Introduction / Philippe Le Billon and Mary Menton -- Conflicts in the Amazon : the assassination of Jos̐ue Claudio and MariaClaudelice Santos -- How young Cambodian environmental activists work under dictatorship / San Mala -- Human rights violations in the name of conservation in the Ngorongoro District / Yannick Ndoinyo -- "Environmental defenders": the power / disempowerment of a loaded term / Judith Verweijen, Fran Lambrick, Philippe Le Billon, et al. -- Atmospheres of violence : on defenders' intersecting experiences of violence / Mary Menton, Grettel Navas, and Philippe Le Billon -- Environmental defenders : killings, perpetrators, and drivers of violence / Philippe Le Billon and P̐uaivi Lujala -- The gendered criminalization of land defenders in Ecuador : from individualization to collective resistance in feminized territories / Melissa Moreano Venegas and Karolien van Teijlingen -- Insurgent ideas from indigenous peoples in Brazil : counter-colonial epistemologies and the defense of life / Felipe Milanez -- The permutations of poverty / Rob Nixon -- Violence and resistance in Cear̐ua Ind̐uigena, Northeastern Brazil / Jurema Machado de A. Souza, Mary Menton, Ant̐uonia Silva Santos, et al. -- 'Land defenders' and the political ecology of coal power in Bangladesh / Paul Robert Gilbert & Mohammad Tanzimuddin Khan -- Manifestations of violence : case study of moolampilly eviction for a development project in Kerala / Chitra Karunakaran Prasanna -- Defenders and land struggles against agro-industrial and mining investment projects / Louisa Prause and Philippe Le Billon -- How violence is justified in 'democratic countries' / Justine Taylor -- Resist or comply? : experiences of violence around dams in Cambodia / Sarah Milne -- Pacifying autonomous land defenders in Oaxaca, Mexico : human rights groups as social warfare mechanisms / Alexander Dunlap and Mart̐uin Correa Arce -- Land defenders, infrastructural violence and environmental coloniality : resisting a wastewater treatment plant in Eastern Nablus / Jeanne Perrier -- Defending territory from the extraction and conservation nexus / Philippe Le Billon -- BINGOs & environmental defenders : NGO complicity in atmospheres of violence and the possibilities for decolonial solidarity with defenders / Mary Menton and Paul Gilbert -- Defending territories of life through indigenous and community conserved areas (ICCAs) / Cora Shaw -- Interrogating international cooperation in support of environmental human rights defenders : the Geneva roadmap 40/11 and the power of connecting solutions / Peter Bille Larsen and Yves Lador. |
| Abstract |
"This book is about environmental defenders and the violence, repression, criminalization and assassination they face while seeking to protect their land and the environment. Between 2002 and 2019, at least two thousand people were killed in 57 countries for defending their lands and the environment. Recent policy initiatives and media coverage have provided much needed attention to the protection and support of defenders, but there has so far been little scholarly work. This edited volume explains who these defenders are, what threats they face and what can be done to help support and protect them. Delving deep into the complex relations between and within communities, corporations and government authorities, the book highlights the diversity of defenders, the collective character of their struggles, the many drivers and forms of violence they are facing, as well as the importance of emotions and gendered dimensions in protests and repression. Drawing on global case studies, it examines the violence taking place around different types of development projects, including fossil fuels, agro-industrial, renewable energy, and infrastructure. The volume also examines the violence surrounding conservation projects, including through militarized wildlife protection and surveillance technologies. The book concludes with a reflection on the perspectives of defenders about the best ways to support and protect them. It contrasts these with the lagging efforts of an international community often promoting economic growth over the lives of defenders. This volume is essential reading for all interested in understanding the challenges faced by environmental defenders and how to help and support them. It will also appeal to students, scholars and NGOs involved in environmental protection, environmental activism, human rights, social movements and development studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Environmental defenders Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. 9781003127222 |
| Genre/form | Biographies. |
| Genre/form | Case studies. |
| LCCN | 2020057570 |
| ISBN | 9780367649647 |
| ISBN | 0367649640 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9780367649708 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 0367649705 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
