For the book, see The Environmentalism of the Poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation.
Environmentalism of the poor is a set of social movements that arise from environmental conflicts when impoverished people struggle against powerful state or private interests that threaten their livelihood, health, sovereignty, and culture. Part of the global environmental justice movement, it differs from mainstream environmentalism by emphasizing social justice issues instead of emphasizing conservation and eco-efficiency.[1][2][3] It is becoming an increasingly important force for global sustainability.[4]
As described by Joan Martinez Alier, the environmentalism of the poor is a set of struggles and practices in which the so-called ‘’poor’’ people engage whenever they are threatened by ecological distribution conflicts.[5] Ecological distribution conflicts, also defined by Martínez-Alier, are social conflicts that appear when the ecological impacts of an economic activity are unevenly and unjustly distributed among society; usually, the ecological impacts are disregarded and not taken care of by businesses, and affect much more those who have less resources to fight them.[5] Therefore, in this sense, the environmentalism of the poor consists of the struggles of those poor people against the economic activities that unjustly affect them.[5] Examples include the Chipko movement and the indigenous people's struggles against Brazilian agribusiness.[5]
Environmentalism of the poor includes a myriad of environmental movements in the global South that are strikingly under-represented in the discourse of mainstream environmentalism.[6] However, impoverished people embroiled in local conflicts are becoming more aware of the global environmental justice movement, and trans-national environmental justice networks enable these environmental defenders to potentially leverage international support for their struggles.[6][4]
^Guha, Ramachandra; Alier, Juan Martínez (1998). Varieties of environmentalism: essays North and South (1st ed.). Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-564317-8. OCLC 40163778.
^Martinez-Alier, Joan (July 1, 2014). "The environmentalism of the poor". Geoforum. 54: 239–241. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.04.019.
^"Environmentalism of the poor". Environmental Justice Organizations Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT). Retrieved April 5, 2022.
^ abDavey, Iain (2009). "Environmentalism of the Poor and Sustainable Development: An Appraisal". JOAAG. 4 (1): 1. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.1070.1088.
^ abcdMartínez Alier, Joan (2003). The environmentalism of the poor: A Study of Ecological Conflicts and Valuation (1st ed.). Bath: Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 10–15. ISBN 1-84064-909-7.
^ abIslam, Md Saidul; Islam, Md Nazrul (June 30, 2016). ""Environmentalism of the poor": the Tipaimukh Dam, ecological disasters and environmental resistance beyond borders". Bandung: Journal of the Global South. 3 (1): 1–16. doi:10.1186/s40728-016-0030-5. S2CID 2449282.
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