Landscapes of inequity : environmental justice in the Andes-Amazon region /

Landscapes of inequity : environmental justice in the Andes-Amazon region / edited and with an introduction by Nicholas A. Robins and Barbara J. Fraser. - Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

A toxic reckoning : legacy contamination in Huancavelica, Peru / When the rivers run black : oil and inequity in the Western Amazon / Environmental justice and Brazil's Amazonian dams / When plurinational states undermine indigenous territories : TIPNIS in Bolivia / Environmental justice in the REDD+ frontier : experiences from the Amazon and beyond / Indigenism, isolation, and socioenvironmental conflicts in the Javari River Valley / We are here : the state of community-based landscapes in Peru / In search of justice and power : contentious experiences of free, prior, and informed consent in Latin America / Indigenous Amazonian peoples and the struggle for environmental justice in lowland South America / Epilogue: Is environmental justice in the Andes-Amazon region illusive, elusive, or within reach? / Nicholas A. Robins -- Barbara J. Fraser -- Philip M. Fearnside -- Carwil Bjork-James -- Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti and Anne M. Larson -- Barbara Arisi and Felipe Milanez -- Richard Chase Smith -- Roger Merino -- Jonathan D. Hill -- Barbara J. Fraser and Nicholas A. Robins.

"Landscapes of Inequity examines a range of environmental justice issues in the Andes and western Amazon basin from the perspectives of indigenous peoples and economic development in a global economy"--



9781496221414


Environmental justice--Andes Region.
Environmental justice--Amazon River Region.
Ethnoecology--Andes Region.
Ethnoecology--Amazon River Region.
Economic development--Environmental aspects--Andes Region.
Economic development--Environmental aspects--Amazon River Region.


Electronic Books.

GE240 / .L363 2020