The sustainable development goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015, succeeding the
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). While the MDGs focused on improving well-being …

Political Agroecology is the first book to offer a systematic and articulated reflection on
Political Agroecology from the Agroecological perspective. It defines the disciplinary field …

This introductory paper to the special section of Global Environmental Change entitled
“Global transformations, social metabolism and the dynamics of socio-environmental …

Current agricultural systems have reached a critical transition point in their biophysical
performance, social and environmental impacts, and energy patterns. The theoretical …

This is the first book to focus on agroecology as a transdisciplinary, participatory, and action-
oriented process. Using a combined theoretical and practical approach, this collection of …

We employ the concepts of socio-ecological regime and regime transition to better
understand the biophysical causes and consequences of industrialization. For two case …

Agroecological movements are spreading and many local experiences are being carried
out. But agroecology still has not developed instruments and approaches to elaborate state …

Global production chains carry environmental and socioeconomic impacts embodied in
each traded good and service. Even though labor and energy productivities tend to be …

Abstract Five Southeast Asian countries (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Philippines and
Malaysia) have experienced forest transitions, that is, a shift from net deforestation to net …

In this article we compare the resource flows of Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru between
1980 and 2000. Our objective is to analyze the structure of social metabolism of extractive …