Political Ecology

Tor A. Benjaminsen is a human geographer and Professor of Development Studies at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway. His research is focused on environmental change and its governance within a broad and interdisciplinary political ecology perspective. He is a lead author of the 6th IPCC report and an Associate Editor of Political Geography.Hanne Svarstad is a sociologist and Professor of Development Studies at Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway. Her research is about climate change mitigation, land use conflicts, bioprospecting, power, environmental justice, education and alternative sustainabilities.

• Chapter 1. Political Ecology on Pandora.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Influences and Recent Directions.- Chapter 3. Discourses and Narratives on Environment and Development: The Example of Bioprospecting.- Chapter 4. Conservation Discourses versus Practices.- Chapter 5. Gender and Power: Feminist Political Ecologies.- Chapter 6. Climate Mitigation Choices: Reducing Deforestation in the Global South versus Reducing Fossil Fuel Production at Home.- Chapter 7. Pastoralists and the State.- Chapter 8. Climate Change, Scarcity and Conflicts in the Sahel.- Chapter 9. Population Growth, Markets and Sustainable Land-Use in Africa.- Chapter 10. Stocktake and Ways Forward.