Environmental Justice Movements in India

Abstract

With each passing year, defending land and water, livelihoods and cultures appears to become more violent. Against the alarming number of murders of environmental activists or environmental defenders, which is the easiest way to recognize violence, this article aims to analyse other visible and invisible ways in which violence is manifested. Using a multidimensional approach and referring to case studies from the EJAtlas and other sources, it looks at the multiple manifestations of violence. It concludes that a south-south collaboration in academic-activist coproduced research on environmental justice movements would shed light on realities which often escape mainstream ecological economics and political ecology.

The Environment in Global Sustainability Governance

“…Industry worldwide is already a big source of environmental degradation, as well as environmental justice conflicts, which come with violence to people and their livelihoods (Roy and Martínez-Alier, 2019;Chertkovskaya and Paulsson, 2021;Martínez-Alier, 2021). At the same time, the industry is immensely powerful and actively engaging in lobbying, with the policies targeting the industry often designed to protect rather than transform it (Nilsson et al, 2021).…”