Exclusion is not only about pushing people out of protected areas, but also about ignoring traditional knowledge and failing to bring local communities on board with conservation initiatives.
My relationship with plantation landscapes began more than a decade ago. In 2014, as an undergraduate student conducting my first…
A radical, decolonial and more-than-human reimagining of political ecology for the twenty-first century
Insights from ethnographic fieldwork across Bihar, India
As the year unfolds, many exciting developments are taking place across the Network. Here are our latest updates:First, we are…
From actors to coalitions: advancing a social-ecological conflict perspective beyond anthropocentrism
Bridging territorial struggles and global comparative political ecology through feminist and participatory research.
The Mediterranean, Palestine, and the Intersection between Ecocide and Genocide
This research challenges the common narrative that pastoralist livestock degrade land in Kenya's Laikipia County. The study found vegetation changes were driven not by grazing, but by climate change, increased elephants, fire suppression, and conservation policies that restrict mobility.
Transdiciplinary collaboration to better understand human-predator interactions
Chanelle Adams writes about the relationships between essential oils and essential work, under a political ecology lens and in the context of Madagascar.
Just Transition and Care explains how care work is a central aspect of socioecological transition.