Green City Promises and "Just Sustainabilities"
Vanesa Castán Broto critiques sustainable development agendas that approach green cities as merely engines of economic growth.
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Review of Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics, by Jessica Dempsey
Ryan Hackett reviews Jessica Dempsey’s book Enterprising Nature: Economics, Markets and Finance in Global Biodiversity Politics.
"Power and Purity: Nature as Resource in a Troubled Society"
Gremaud’s article analyses representations of nature as brand and resource in current Icelandic society, through an interdisciplinary approach involving cultural geography and visual methodologies.
"The Politics of Environmental Knowledge"
Using examples from environmental governance and conservation, Esther Turnhout engages critically with the ideal of policy-relevant environmental knowledge.
"Integrated Measures of Indigenous Land and Sea Management Effectiveness: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Conservation Partnerships in Australia"
Looking at cases of Indigenous land and sea management in Australia, Austin et al. suggest four ways Indigenous groups and institutional investors can work together to establish meaningful criteria for ensuring effective conservation outcomes.
"Contesting Justice in Global Forest Governance: The Promises and Pitfalls of REDD+"
Kimberly R. Marion Suiseeya draws attention to the persistent justice debates in Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation plus the enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) and the role of norms in constraining and shaping policy designs and outcomes.
River Rights and the Rights of Rivers: The Case of Acheloos
Kalantzakos describes how flawed policy decisions damaged Greece’s Archeloos river, and how Rights of Nature could have mitigated the damage.
Boersema, Jan J., "How to Prepare for the Unknown? On the Significance of Future Generations and Future Studies in Environmental Policy"
Jan J. Boersema discusses the effects of our limited knowledge of the future on our consideration of future generations.
Jamieson, Dale, "Ecosystem Health: Some Preventive Medicine"
Dale Jamieson develops several objections to the concept of ‘ecosystem health’ in environmental policy, outlining problems in governance institutions, value structures, and knowledge systems.
MacCracken, Michael C., "Climate Change Discussions in Washington: A Matter of Contending Perspectives"
Michael C. MacCracken analyses issues of contention within the climate change discussions in Washington, and stresses the need for strong leadership.