Essays about: "Third World political ecology"

Found 5 essays containing the words Third World political ecology.

  1. 1. "No country would find 173 billion barrels of oil in the ground and just leave them there" : Examining the hegemony of fossil fuels in the Trudeau government's discourse on the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Naima Kraushaar-Friesen; [2019]
    Keywords : Trans Mountain pipeline; Canada; fossil-fuel hegemony; climate change; political ecology; carbon lock-in; Critical Discourse Analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As the world’s fifth largest oil producer, and holder of the third largest proven oil reserves, Canada is poised to significantly impact future global carbon emissions. The present government, under the leadership of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, is seeking to simultaneously position itself as a global climate leader while supporting the exploitation of Canada’s extensive bitumen oil reserves. READ MORE

  3. 2. The livelihoods of female seaweed farmers : A study about women's experiences of old and new techniques of seaweed farming on Zanzibar, Tanzania.

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Veronika Vestling; Viktoria Forsberg; [2018]
    Keywords : Seaweed farming; SEA PoWer; women; gender; livelihoods; feminist political ecology; Zan-zibar; Tanzania; Africa;

    Abstract : Seaweed has been hit hard by climate change around the world. The island of Zanzibar, which is the world’s third biggest exporter of seaweed, is one of the places where seaweed is affected. 80 percent of the seaweed farmers on Zanzibar are women who are directly affected by climate change since they are making a living from seaweed farming. READ MORE

  4. 3. Natural capital and sustainable development: The story so far

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Falco Richardson; [2016]
    Keywords : economics; economic value; environmental conservation; natural capital; sustainable development; political-ecology;

    Abstract : Natural capital is a way of conceptualizing the linkages between economics and the environment. The concepts foundations can be traced back to the environmental movement of the 1970s and the works of influential economists at that time. READ MORE

  5. 4. The grieving forest; the social-environmental degradation in Amazonian Rainforest

    University essay from Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling

    Author : Maria Fernandez; Sebastian José Caballero; [2008]
    Keywords : Amazonian; actors; social and environmental problems;

    Abstract : The Amazonia is the biggest rainforest in the world, home also to probably the largest amount of different bio diversity species in our planet. Notwithstanding these incredible attributes, it is also one of the most threatened regions earth that extends to the whole planet. READ MORE

  6. 5. Local Political Ecology and the Effect of Globalisation : A study of Industrial Water Pollution in Tirupur, South India

    University essay from Institutionen för tematisk utbildning och forskning

    Author : Jennie Malm; [2004]
    Keywords : Interdisciplinary studies; Third World political ecology; globalisation; India; industrial water pollution; actor-oriented; local community; TVÄRVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Globalization and international competition put pressure on local communities to adjust to international standards of price and quality in production. Tirupur in India produces clothes for exports to the first world market. READ MORE