"Distributional Obstacles to International Environmental Policy: The Failures at Rio and Prospects after Rio"
Martinez-Alier discusses issues relating to the concept of “sustainable development” as used by the Brundtland Commission.
Martinez-Alier discusses issues relating to the concept of “sustainable development” as used by the Brundtland Commission.
State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet introduces the latest agro-ecological innovations and their global applicability and also gives broader insights into issues including poverty, international politics, and even gender equity.
This film examines the development of a new, more localized food system in Venezuela.
This award-winning film examines the experience of ordinary workers as it tracks a canned food product on its journey across the world.
This short film follows a spoiled tomato as it moves through the Brazilian food chain.
This film examines how Mexico City—home to 22 million people—is trying to become water sustainable.
This film examines how farmers in Mali are resisting the loss of their land to corporate farming initiatives.
The authors investigate how land cover, land use, and protected area management affects communities around a forest reserve in the Philippines. They conclude that incorporating local livelihoods into forest conservation strategies results in a measure of sustainability and positively impacts the socioeconomic well-being of communities near the protected area.