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Factsheets
The Persecution and Violation of Human Rights of Environmental Defenders
1. Background In the framework of the United Nations “Human rights defender” is a term used to describe people who, individually or with others, act to promote or protect human rights. …
The Vedanta Case in India
1. Synthesis of the main facts The Vedanta Case concerns a proposal to develop an open cast bauxite mine on the upper reaches of the Niyamgiri hills in Orissa, India. According …
The Trafigura Case
1. Factual background In the Probo Koala incident, more recently also known as the Trafigura case, toxic and dangerous waste products belonging to Trafigura –one of the world’s leading oil trading …
The Yanacocha Mine Case
1. Introduction: The Yanacocha mine The Yanacocha gold mine is located in Northern Peru, at an altitude between 3500 and 4000m, near the city of Cajamarca (35 km). It is considered …
The Rio Tinto Case in Papua New Guinea
1. Factual background The company Rio Tinto has an extensive history of conflicts related to human rights violations and environmental damage, and over the years numerous countries have been affected. The …
Irrawaddy dam
This is a provisional success story in 2011 in stopping a very large dam already under construction and scheduled for completion in 2019 in the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy …
Podcasts
Nnimmo Bassey on green economy (1)
Nnimmo Bassey (Nigeria) will guide you through the seductive ‘green economy’ and explain how the way it is currently promoted by UN agencies such as UNEP is rather giving a …
Podcast One: EJOLT introduction
This first podcast serves to introduce the EJOLT project in less than 2 minutes
Presentations
Presentation about EJOLT work
This presentation is an introduction to some of the EJOLT work
Presentation about EJOLT partners
This presentation is an introduction to some of the EJOLT partners
Press Releases
Global Atlas of Environmental Justice re-launches website tracking ecological conflicts globally
New platform integrates geo-spatial data to present conflicts in context and expands its coverage The EJOLT project launches today a new phase of the Global Atlas of Environmental Justice, an interactive …
Map of most influential environmental justice conflicts in the US is released this week
[BRUSSELS, 25 June 2014] The 40 most influential environmental justice conflicts in recent American history are now included in a Global Atlas of Environmental Justice. The U.S. cases were compiled …
Global Atlas of environmental conflicts launched in Brussels
[BRUSSELS, 19 March 2014] The Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT) project launches today its Global Atlas of Environmental Justice, a visually attractive and interactive online mapping platform detailing …
Scientific Papers
Evolution of the environmental justice movement: activism, formalization and differentiation
By Alejandro Colsa Perez, Bernadette Grafton, Paul Mohai (1), Rebecca Hardin, Katy Hintzen and Sara Orvis School of Natural Resources and Environment, University of Michigan, 440 Church St., Ann Arbor, MI …
Transforming knowledge creation for environmental and epistemic justice;
By Leah Temper and Daniela Del Bene. Abstract Environmental Justice is both a field of study and a social movement. This dialectical relationship between theory and praxis constitutes the basis of its …
Is there a global environmental justice movement?
By Joan Martinez-Alier, Leah Temper, Daniela Del Bene, Arnim Scheidel Abstract One of the causes of the increasing number of ecological distribution conflicts around the world is the changing metabolism of the economy …
An ecosystem service approach to understand conflicts on river flows: local views on the Ter River (Catalonia)
By Dídac Jordà B. Rodríguez-Labajos Abstract Claims for a global agenda addressing the need to protect environmental flows are increasing. In the context of frequent conflicts related to unsustainable exploitation …
Links
- 70 ecological films reviewed
ejoltdocumentaries.wordpress.com/
A catalogue of online films on social and environmental justice issues in Africa - African Environmental Justice films
ejoltdocumentaries.wordpress.com/
A catalogue of online films on social and environmental justice issues in Africa - All the news on grabbing of farmland
farmlandgrab.org/
Governments and corporations are buying up farmland in other countries to grow their own food or simply to make money - Article from Khadija Sharife
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Who should pay for Climate Damage? - Christopher Walker environmental justice documentaries
www.youtube.com/channel/UCCQjUy8Ntt5Ot8OHdA9K7Ug/feed
Award-winning director who made documentaries related to environmental justice - Climate Law Database
climatedatabase.eu/
Climate Law Database provides you with information about climate change legislation, both existing and proposed, and gives you access to a wide range of related materials. - CRIIRAD
www.criirad.org/english/presentation.html
Commission for Independent Research and Information about RADiation - Enforcing climate justice by law
www.climatelaw.org/
Enforcing climate change law by a group of lawyers working all over the world - Environmental justice in the US
www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/index.html
The website of the environmental justice department in the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) of the US - ERA Action
eraction.org/
Friends of the Earth Nigeria - EU Environmental Liability Directive
europa.eu/legislation_summaries/enterprise/interaction_with_other_policies/l28120_en.htm
This Directive establishes a common framework for liability with a view to preventing and remedying damage to animals, plants, natural habitats and water resources, and damage affecting the land - FP7 project on sustainable production and consumption
www.scp-knowledge.eu/
CORPUS; The Knowledge Hub on Sustainable Production and Consumption - Greenpeace – the nuclear section
www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/nuclear/
Greenpeace has a long history of studywork and campaigns against nuclear energy - Growth and sustainable consumption: this FP7 project bridges the gap
www.scp-responder.eu/
RESPONDER; Linking sustainable consumption and growth debates - IPPNW
www.ippnw.org/
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War - Make wealth history
makewealthhistory.org/
Some great articles on why the earth can’t afford the wealthy - Mines and Communities
www.minesandcommunities.org/
Network of indigenous and solidarity NGOs, representing many thousands of people directly affected by the mining industry. - Mines, Minerals and People
www.mmpindia.in/
Communities COmmand over Natural Resources – Indian network - Mining Justice Alliance
miningjusticealliance.wordpress.com/
Holding Vancouver-based mining companies accountable through grassroots organizing - MiningWatch Canada
www.miningwatch.ca/
Changing public policy and mining practices to ensure the health of individuals, communities and ecosystems - Nucleare Heritage Network
www.nuclear-heritage.net/
Connecting anti-nuclear activists worldwide, providing information regarding nuclear issues and anti-nuclear activities in many countries and developping projects and campaigns. - Oakland Institute – Land Rights
www.oaklandinstitute.org/land-rights-issue
The purchase and lease of vast tracts of land from poor, developing countries by wealthier nations and international private investors has led to debate about whether land investment is a tool for development or force of displacement. - OCMAL (Spanish)
www.conflictosmineros.net/
El Observatorio de Conflictos Mineros de América Latina (OCMAL) es una articulación de +40 organizaciones con el objetivo de defender las comunidades afectadas por la minería. Haga click en imagen para ver quienes somos - Oilwatch
www.oilwatch.org/en/
International network acting as watchdog for the oil industry - Project on sustainable lifestyles
www.sustainable-lifestyles.eu/
What is a sustainable lifestyle? This FP7 project digs rather deep into this - Shipbreaking Platform
www.shipbreakingplatform.org/
An NGO specialised in the issue of shipbreaking – based in Brussels - SOS Yasuni
www.sosyasuni.org/en/
A website dedicated to implementing the pioneering idea to keep the oil in the soil under the Yasuni ITT block - SRIC
www.sric.org/uranium/index.php
Southwest Research and Information Center – Uranium Impact Assessment - Texaco Toxico
www.texacotoxico.org/
Spanish site on the legacy of texaco (now Chevron) in Ecuador - The case of Chevron in Ecuador
chevrontoxico.com/news-and-multimedia/
Today, Chevron is a corporate criminal on the run. It has been found guilty by Ecuadorian courts and ordered to pay $19 billion. Here you’ll find all update on the hunt for this corporate criminal - The case of Shell in Nigeria
www.business-humanrights.org/Categories/RegionsCountries/Africa/Nigeria
EJOLT partner BHR tracks events on all law and compensation cases of Shell in Nigeria - Wise Uranium
www.wise-uranium.org/
Covers the health and environmental impacts of uranium mining and nuclear fuel production:
Latest from the Blog
Degrowth in the Mexican Art Biennial: Opportunities and Paradoxes
This blog was first published at https://www.degrowth.de By Sofia Avila. In October 2016, the FEMSA Foundation launched the XII Biennial of visual arts in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. For the first …
Call for Proposals: Environmental Justice in the Anthropocene
Symposium, 24-25 April 2017, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA Proposal deadline: November 1, 2016 Environmental justice is a central component of sustainability politics during the Anthropocene – …