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Peer-reviewed, volunteer-run OA journal in the field of political ecology published since 1994 No charges, zero corporate profit. Accepts genuine [no AI] contributions in 3 languages. Linked to Grassroots: https://grassrootsjpe.org
Sarkar, R. & Goyal, E., (2025) “Book Review of Anitra Nelson with editorial adviser Vincent Liegey. 2025. Routledge Handbook of Degrowth,”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1).

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Review of Anitra Nelson with editorial adviser Vincent Liegey. 2025. Routledge Handbook of Degrowth.
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October 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Pepper, S. S., Walsh-Dilley, M. & Lane, K., (2025) “Narratives of invasion and intimacy: Transborder relations with tamarisk in the Chihuahuan Desert”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5188. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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Narratives of invasion and intimacy: Transborder relations with tamarisk in the Chihuahuan Desert
Tamarix spp., also known as salt cedar or tamarisk, has garnered a reputation in the United States as an invasive plant, with widespread policy and research advocating for its eradication in the Chihu...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Jones, S. C., Kamara, F. A., Kamara, F. & Constant, N., (2025) “Participation and contextual equity in REDD implementation: A qualitative case-study from Gola, Sierra Leone”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 10101. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @rspb.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social
Participation and contextual equity in REDD implementation: A qualitative case-study from Gola, Sierra Leone
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is a global framework that promotes climate, social, and biodiversity goals through tropical forest management. An ongoing challenge...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Naibaho, B. B. & Su, S. J., (2025) “Shifting waters: The dynamics of water grabbing in Lake Toba through aquaculture and tourism development”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5698. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social
Shifting waters: The dynamics of water grabbing in Lake Toba through aquaculture and tourism development
This article examines the dynamics of water grabbing in Lake Toba, Indonesia, focusing on how corporate aquaculture and emerging tourism developments have reshaped access to and control over water res...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Brazil week 2) Biesel, S. A. & Mendonça, E. C., (2025) “Racialized land tenure and the colonial present: Political ecologies of dispossession in Northeast Brazil”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 6119. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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Racialized land tenure and the colonial present: Political ecologies of dispossession in Northeast Brazil
The article introduces the concept of racialized land tenure to illuminate how colonial land governance systems in Brazil continue to shape dispossession and ecological degradation in post-colonial co...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Brazil week 1) van Minnen, T. N. & Coates, R., (2025) “Maquiagem: Concealing the politicized nature of urban disaster and housing policy in Petrópolis, Brazil”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 6223. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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<em>Maquiagem</em>: Concealing the politicized nature of urban disaster and housing policy in Petrópolis, Brazil
Under the intertwined environmental crises of capitalist urbanization, we argue that policies on housing and disaster are merging in order to (further) conceal widespread socio-ecological degradation ...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Lin, W., (2025) “What brought us forward: Ciulaku women and their fight for land rights in Taiwan”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1). doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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What brought us forward: Ciulaku women and their fight for land rights in Taiwan
Drawing on ethnographic research and oral histories, the article highlights how Ciulaku women play a pivotal role in preserving and transmitting collective memories of displacement. These memories, of...
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September 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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September 4, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Lurie, M. R., (2025) “"We have that vision of the future": Indigenous womxn's resistance as environmental protection in the U.S. Southwest”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1). doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe.... @pollenetwork.bsky.social
"We have that vision of the future": Indigenous womxn's resistance as environmental protection in the U.S. Southwest
Widespread recognition of the effectiveness of Indigenous land stewardship has largely been met by attempts to instrumentalize Indigenous environmental governance in the service of global conservation...
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August 31, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Pasgaard, M., Breed, C., Engemann Jensen, K. & Brom, P., (2025) “Connecting urban green infrastructure and environmental justice in South Africa: Integrating social access, ecology, and design”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 6213. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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Connecting urban green infrastructure and environmental justice in South Africa: Integrating social access, ecology, and design
Green Infrastructure (GI) connects across a city's urban fabric and exhibits multiple meanings. It inevitably ties to questions about environmental justice. In South Africa, the historical legacy of c...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Hunter, C. E., (2025) “Sensibilisation: The role of awareness raising in biodiversity conservation in Kanaky/New Caledonia”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 9612. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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Sensibilisation: The role of awareness raising in biodiversity conservation in Kanaky/New Caledonia
Sensibilisation is a French term often translated to "awareness raising" but which encompasses a broader set of practices and philosophies intended to foster behavior change among target audiences. Fo...
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August 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Chapman, K. & Tait, M., (2025) “Commodification, labor, abstraction: Three key concepts to understand the many-headed hydra of biodiversity offsetting”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 6186. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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Commodification, labor, abstraction: Three key concepts to understand the many-headed hydra of biodiversity offsetting
Natural capital approaches to mitigating the impacts of construction projects, in which environmental harms and mitigations are calculated and then traded, have become dominant features of contemporar...
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July 27, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Greenberg, J. B., (2025) “Review of Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos G. 2025. The rise of necro/narco citizenship: Belonging and dying in the Southwest North American Region”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1).

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Review of Vélez-Ibáñez, Carlos G. 2025. The rise of necro/narco citizenship: Belonging and dying in the Southwest North American Region
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July 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Duffy, R., Hutchinson, A., Iordachescu, G. & Lappe-Osthege, T., (2025) “A harms-based political ecology: Understanding harms through the wildlife trade”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1). doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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A harms-based political ecology: Understanding harms through the wildlife trade
In this article, we examine how political ecology can benefit from greater engagement with green criminology's focus on harms. We do so by developing a harms-based political ecology, which is a useful...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Lambert, L. A., Tayah, J., Adam, H. & Esmail, S., (2025) “From rebel governance to energy and environmental policies in a post-war setting: The case of the Taliban in Afghanistan”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1). doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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From rebel governance to energy and environmental policies in a post-war setting: The case of the Taliban in Afghanistan
A vast body of literature has established how armed conflicts and wars are harmful to the environment, and it is generally assumed that peace should be beneficial to it. This article investigates the ...
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July 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Greenberg, J. B., (2025) “Review of Cruz-Torres, María L. 2023. Pink gold: Women, shrimp, and work in Mexico.”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1).

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Review of Cruz-Torres, María L. 2023. Pink gold: Women, shrimp, and work in Mexico.
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July 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Dunlap, A., (2025) “Review of Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste. 2024. More and more and more: An all-consuming history of energy”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1).

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Review of Fressoz, Jean-Baptiste. 2024. More and more and more: An all-consuming history of energy
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June 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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June 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Ronoh, S. & Randriamanantena, A., (2025) “Book Review of Benjamin Neimark. 2023. Hottest of the Hotspots: The rise of eco-precarious conservation labor in Madagascar”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1).

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Book Review of Benjamin Neimark. 2023. Hottest of the Hotspots: The rise of eco-precarious conservation labor in Madagascar
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Pathak, S., Mukherjee, J., Sen, A. & Choudry, A., (2025) “Whose habitat? Exploring human-tiger conflict in the riskscapes of the Indian Sundarbans”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 5111. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....

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Whose habitat? Exploring human-tiger conflict in the riskscapes of the Indian Sundarbans
The Indian Sundarbans, the world's largest littoral mangrove stretch, draws attention in scientific discourses, being an ecosystem vulnerable to global climate change and a biodiversity hotspot govern...
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June 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Rigby, J., (2025) Reviews of Enns & Bersaglio. 2024. Settler ecologies: The enduring nature of settler colonialism in Kenya and Matziaraki & Murimi (dirs.). 2024. The Battle for Laikipia, Jof Polit ical Ecology 32(1). @pollenetwork.bsky.social

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Reviews of Enns and Bersaglio. 2024. Settler ecologies: The enduring nature of settler colonialism in Kenya and Matziaraki and Murimi (dirs.). 2024. The Battle for Laikipia
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May 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Woodhouse, E., (2025) “Review of Armstrong, Chris. 2024. Global justice and the biodiversity crisis: Conservation in a world of inequality”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1).
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Review of Armstrong, Chris. 2024. Global justice and the biodiversity crisis: Conservation in a world of inequality
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May 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM