Environmental Governance in Latin America

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This book is open access under a CC-BY license. The contributors investigate a broad range of emerging socio-environmental challenges faced by contemporary Latin America. By using environmental governance as an overarching analytical concept, they cross territorial, sectorial, and institutional boundaries to address the nature/society nexus. Introduction: Environment and Society in Contemporary Latin America Fabio de Castro, Barbara Hogenboom and Michiel BaudPART I: SETTING THE STAGE1. Origins and Perspectives of Latin American Environmentalism Joan Martinez-Alier, Michiel Baud and Hector Sejenovich2. Social Metabolism and Conflicts over Extractivism Joan Martinez-Alier and Mariana Walter3. Indigenous Knowledge in Mexico: Between Environmentalism and Rural Development Mina Kleiche-Dray and Roland WaastPART II: NEW POLITICS OF NATURAL RESOURCES4. The Government of Nature: Post-Neoliberal Environmental Governance in Bolivia and Ecuador Pablo Andrade A.5. Changing Elites, Institutions and Environmental Governance Benedicte Bull and Mariel Aguilar-Stoen6. Water-Energy-Mining and Sustainable Consumption: Views of South American Strategic Actors Cristian Parker, Gloria Baigorrotegui and Fernando Estenssoro7. Overcoming Poverty through Sustainable Development Hector SejenovichPART III: NEW PROJECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE8. Forest Governance in Latin America: Strategies for Implementing REDD Mariel Aguilar-Stoen, Fabiano Toni and Cecilie Hirsh9. Rights, Pressures and Conservation in Forest Regions of Mexico Leticia Merino10. Local Solutions for Environmental Justice David Barkin and Blanca Lemus11. Community Consultations: Local Responses to Large-Scale Mining in Latin America Mariana Walter and Leire UrkidiAfterword: From Sustainable Development to Environmental Governance Eduardo Silva