South America
There are 687 resources related to South America.
Cambio Climático y Conflictividad Socioambiental en América Latina y el Caribe (Climate Change and Socio-environmental Conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean)
2018
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América Latina Hoy
Alfredo Stein Heinemann
This article contributes to the conceptual and policy debates on the relationship between climate change, security and conflict in Latin America and the Caribbean, a…
Security Risks from Climate Change: New (Old) Conflicts in Latin America
2016
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Climate, Energy, Security
Christian Hübner
Climate change has gained a firm hold on Latin America. Hurricanes, melting glaciers, droughts and flooding are the aspects that grab the media spotlight. The increasing risks to…
Restoration, Land Tenure, Conflict, and Opportunities in Peacebuilding
2022
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Conservation International
Alexandra Eisinger
The international conservation community is enabling political commitments by leveraging restoration as a high-potential and scalable strategy to mitigate climate change and protect biodiversity. Pervasive…
Harmonising Biodiversity and Climate Action with a Peace Lens in Latin America and the Caribbean
2024
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adelphi global
Hector Morales Munoz and Lais Clemente Pereira
Biodiversity conservation plays a crucial role in addressing the challenges climate change and environmental degradation pose to human security and peace. This practical note explores…
América Latina: Petróleo y Conflicto -- Pasado y Presente
2008
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Escuela Superior de la Administración Pública (ESAP)
Luis Humberto Hernández
En el actual escenario con ictivo mundial energético presentamos la siguiente re exión sobre la situación petrolera de América Latina a partir de su discurrir…
Number of Migrant Children Moving across Latin America and the Caribbean Hits New Record amid Violence, Instability and Climate Change
2023
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UNICEF
Tess Ingram and Sendai Carolina Zea
Standing Firm: The Land and Environmental Defenders on the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis
2023
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Global Witness
For the past 11 years, Global Witness has documented and denounced waves of threats, violence and killings of land and environmental defenders across the world,…
Tracking Climate Securitization: Framings of Climate Security by Civil and Defense Ministries
2023
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International Studies Review
Anselm Vogler
Defense ministries regularly frame climate security in their national security strategies. Recently, “civil” ministries also begun mentioning climate security. However, they do not mean the…
Literature Review on Climate Security and Environmental Peacebuilding: Risks and Opportunities in the Andean Region
2022
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Social Science Research Council
Héctor Morales Muñoz
This literature review from the SSRC Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum presents key climate pressures, vulnerabilities, and their possible effects on conflict and cooperation in…
Transboundary Waters, Conflicts and International Cooperation - Examples of the La Plata Basin
2020
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Water International
Isabela Battistello Espindola and Wagner Costa Ribeiro
This article details the case of the La Plata basin, a transboundary basin shared between Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. By addressing some cases…
Regional Cooperation on Environment, Economy and Natural resource Management: How Can It Contribute to Peacebuilding? Synthesis Report
2009
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IFP Regional Cooperation on Environment, Economy and Natural Resource Management Cluster
Moira Feil, Diana Klein, and Meike Westerkamp
The Initiative for Peacebuilding (IfP) Regional Cooperation on Environment, Economy and Natural Resource Management Cluster has been looking at the role regional cooperation initiatives in…
Learning from Change: Issues and Experiences in Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation
2000
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Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd.
Marisol Estrella, Jutta Blauert, Dindo Campilan, John Gaventa,Julian Gonsalves, Irene Guijt, Deb Johnson, and Roger Ricafort
This book is a collection of experiences in participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E) from around the world. It allows different ‘voices’ to tell their story from…
Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk
2022
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Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
José Francisco Alvarado Cóbar, Kyungmee Kim, Geoffrey Dabelko, Anniek Barnhoorn, Florian Krampe, Evelyn Salas Alfaro, Noah Bell, Claire McAllister, Emilie Broek, David Michel, Karolina Eklöw, Elise Remling, Jakob Faller, Elizabeth Smith, Andrea Gadnert, D
Behind the headlines of war in Europe and the aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic, our world is being drawn into a black hole of deepening twin…
Civil Resistance and Violent Conflict in Latin America: Mobilizing for Rights
2019
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Palgrave Macmillan
Cécile Mouly and Esperanza Hernández Delgado
This book explores distinct forms of civil resistance in situations of violent conflict in cases across Latin America, drawing important lessons learned for nonviolent struggles…
Mapping and Analyzing Ecological Distribution Conflicts in Andean Countries
2019
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Ecological Economics
Mario Perez-Rincon, Julieth Vargas-Morales, and Joan Martinez-Alier
The extractive sector is increasingly important in the GDP and export basket of the four Andean countries under study (ACs) (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia).…
Building Peace through Principle: 10 Access Rights and the Prevention of Environmental Conflict
2015
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Quaker United Nations Office
Ellie Roberts and Alexandra Pluss Encarnacion
In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as elsewhere in the world, factors such as resource degradation, competing claims on resources and different understandings of…
Illegal Mining Strengthens Criminal Groups in Latin America
2014
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Strategic Comments, IISS
Strategic Comments, IISS
Years of booming metals markets have spurred increased mining activity from major international companies across Latin America, and have turned small-scale mining, long a source…
Industrias extractivas y conflicto (Extractive Industries and Conflict)
2012
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Alianza UE-ONU
Alianza UE-ONU
“La gestión de la tierra y los recursos naturales es uno de los desafíos más importantes que enfrentan actualmente los países en desarrollo. Con frecuencia…
Cambio climático, migración y conflicto en la Amazonía y en los Andes: El aumento de tensiones y las opciones de políticas públicas en Sudamérica (Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict in the Amazon and the Andes: Increase in Tensions and Public Policy
2013
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Center for American Progress
Max Hoffman, Ana I. Grigera
“Los retos entrelazados de cambio climático, movimientos humanos e inestabilidad nacional e internacional constituyen un desafío único para la política exterior de los Estados Unidos…
Adaptation to Climate Change for Peace and Stability. Strengthening of Approaches and Instruments as well as Promotion of Processes to Reduce the Security Risks Posed by Climate Change in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation.
2013
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Federal Environment Agency
Dennis Tänzler, Till Mohns, Katherina Ziegenhagen
The findings of the project ”Strengthening of approaches and instruments as well as promotion of processes to reduce the security risks posed by climate change…
Extractive Industries, Revenue Allocation and Local Politics
2014
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Javier Arellano-Yanguas and Andrés Mejía-Acosta
The success of a developmental strategy based on the extraction of non-renewable resources is largely dependent on the share of revenues captured by the state…
Conflicts Over Natural Resources in the Global South
2014
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Maarten Bavinck, Lorenzo Pellegrini & Erik Mostert, Eds. Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South: Conceptual Approaches is a joint publication of the CoCooN research programme. It presents the conceptual approaches of…
Environmental and Land Defenders: Global Patterns and Determinants of Repression
2020
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Global Environmental Change
Philippe Le Billon and Päivi Lujala
Environmental and land defenders play a crucial role in attempts to slow down environmental change and address power inequalities in land-use and resource development. Yet,…
The Politics of Extractivism: Mining, Institutional Responsiveness, and Social Resistance
2024
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World Development
Simon Bornschier and Manuel Vogt
Natural resource exploitation often generates negative externalities and fuels social conflict. Yet, patterns of social resistance against mining differ considerably within and across countries. What…
The Politics of Extractivism: Mining, Institutional Responsiveness, and Social Resistance
2024
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World Development
Simon Bornschier and Manuel Vogt
Natural resource exploitation often generates negative externalities and fuels social conflict. Yet, patterns of social resistance against mining differ considerably within and across countries. What…
The Politics of Extractivism: Mining, Institutional Responsiveness, and Social Resistance
2024
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World Development
Simon Bornschier and Manuel Vogt
Natural resource exploitation often generates negative externalities and fuels social conflict. Yet, patterns of social resistance against mining differ considerably within and across countries. What…
Transboundary Conservation through Hybrid Partnerships: A Comparative Analysis of Forest Projects
2013
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Greening of Industry Networks Studies
Saleem H. Ali
Transboundary conservation has acquired greater significance in recent years as international treaties, such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, have included such projects in their…
Green Minerals: Justice and Opportunity in the Renewable Energy Transition
2022
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Wilson Center
Anouk Rigterink, Kathryn Ledebur, Elton Thobejane, Katlego Malesa, Larisa Stanciu, and David Ngoy Luhaka
To mitigate climate change, a global shift away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy is required. And although we all stand to gain from…
Environmental Degradation and Genocide
2022
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Genocide Studies and Prevention
Emily Sample and Henry Theriault
In January 2021, the International Association of Genocide Scholars and Genocide Studies and Prevention journal hosted three panels on Environmental Degradation, Climate Change, and Mass…
The Environmental Consequences of Asymmetric War: A Panel Study of Militarism and Carbon Emissions, 2000–2010
2019
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Armed Forces & Society
Chad Smith and Michael Lengefeld
Warmaking and war preparation have changed significantly in the 21st century. A number of scholars have documented and analyzed these changes. Drawing on work focused…