Mining alters the natural landscape and discharges large volumes of wastes that pose
serious pollution hazards to the environment, to human health and to agriculture. As a result …

As a necessarily political act, the theorizing, debating and enacting of ecological economies
offer pathways to radical socio-economic transformations that emphasize the ecological and …

In November 2015, a large mine‐tailing dam owned by Samarco Corporation collapsed in
Brazil, generating a massive wave of toxic mud that spread down the Doce River, killing 20 …

Like the entire Andean region, Ecuador has an economic structure that is dependent on
primary exports. During the last boom in commodity prices the (neo-) extractivist …

The interactions, negotiations and decision-making involved in environmental sustainability
in the mining industry are intricate and multi-faceted. Negotiations between communities …

Despite mounting urgency to mitigate climate change, new coal mines have recently been
approved in various countries, including in Southeast Asia and Australia. Adani's …

This book uses a transdisciplinary systems approach to examine how Earth's human-caused
ecological crisis arose and presents a new legal approach for overcoming it. Ecological Law …

Recurrent claims that ecological economics (EE) is moving conceptually closer to
environmental economics arise from the tendency to understand economic transformation …

Post-mining areas require reclamation. The main aim of reclamation is to restore the soil as
a basic element of the terrestrial ecosystem. This paper presents the results of an evaluation …

ABSTRACT The Canadian Arctic is a complex and fragile region which is currently
experiencing unprecedented environmental degradation due to climate change. The effects …