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The Politics of Green Transformations
Multiple ‘green transformations’ are required if humanity is to live sustainably on planet Earth. Recalling past transformations, this book examines what makes the current …
Dynamic Sustainabilities
Linking environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, and making science and technology work for the poor, have become central practical, political and …
Science and Citizens
Rapid advances and new technologies in the life sciences - such as biotechnologies in health, agricultural and environmental arenas - pose a range of pressing challenges to …
Africa's Land Rush
Interrogates the narratives of "e;land grabbing"e; and "e;agricultural investment"e; through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the …
Negotiating Environmental Change
Major advances have been made recently in environmental social science but the context and importance of this research has also changed. Social and natural science studies of the …
Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa
Amidst the pressing challenges of global climate change, the last decade has seen a wave of forest carbon projects across the world, designed to conserve and enhance forest carbon …
New Enclosures: Critical Perspectives on Corporate Land Deals
This collection explores the complex dynamics of corporate land deals from a broad agrarian political economy perspective, with a special focus on the implications for property and …
Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies
Climate change is perhaps the greatest threat to humanity today and plays out as a cruel engine of myriad forms of injustice, violence and destruction. The effects of climate …
Debating Zimbabwe's Land Reform
Understanding Environmental Policy Processes
A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks …
Land, Investment & Politics
Examines the new challenges facing Africa's pastoral drylands from large-scale investments and how this might affect the economic and political landscape for the regions affected …
Green Grabbing: A New Appropriation of Nature
Across the world, ecosystems are for sale. 'Green grabbing' - the appropriation of land and resources for environmental ends - is an emerging process of deep and growing …