Noémi Gonda explores how the masculine figure of the cattle rancher plays a part in local explorations of climate change adaptation in Nicaragua.
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition.
In this special issue on Disempowering Democracies, Gretchen M. Walters and Melis Ece analyze the project development negotiations in a World Bank-led REDD+ capacity building regional project, involving six Central African countries between 2008 and 2011. It explores how the project created a “negotiation table” constituted of national and regional institutions recognized by the donors and governments, and how this political space, influenced by global, regional and national political agendas, led to “instances” of recognition and misrecognition among negotiating parties.
Earth First! 26, no. 4 features essays on biodiversity and animal activism and reports on eco-defense in Iceland, protests against mining in Papua, Indonesia, and the resistance against Shell in Nigeria.
In State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy, researchers with the Worldwatch Institute and other leading experts highlight an array of economic innovations that offer new opportunities for long-term prosperity.
In this special issue on Disempowering Democracies, Emmanuel O. Nuesiri critically examines the United Nations’ REDD and REDD+ programmes (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation plus the sustainable management of forest and enhancement of carbon stocks) in Nigeria and finds them to exclude politically weak rural people.
The second volume of the 30th anniversary edition of Earth First! features the topics of industrial agriculture, history and resistance to MTE in Appalachia, direct action for Orangutans in Borneo, and native perspectives on ecology.
This Earth First! tabloid describes negative impacts of the U.S. Forest Service on national forests. Topics include reform proposals for the USFS, the role of deep ecology, the destruction of eco-systems across the U.S., abuse of Native American cultural heritage, and a call for the protection of national forests.
Earth First! 27, no. 3 features essays on the topics of animal testing, the Miami Superbowl protests, resistance and repression in Oaxaca, Mexico, nickel mining in Guatemala, and the role and place of sexuality within the environmental movement.
Earth First! Journal 22, no. 6 features news from the fight of Colombia’s indigenous U’wa people against Occidental Petroleum (OXY) and Judi Bari’s court success against the FBI; additionally the environmental significance of J.R.R. Tolkiens Lord of the Rings is analyzed, and accounts from an ELF activist are presented.
