Anatomy and resilience of the global production ecosystem

M Nyström, JB Jouffray, AV Norström, B Crona… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Much of the Earth's biosphere has been appropriated for the production of harvestable
biomass in the form of food, fuel and fibre. Here we show that the simplification and …

Recent developments in microwave-assisted thermal conversion of biomass for fuels and chemicals

J Asomaning, S Haupt, M Chae, DC Bressler - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2018 - Elsevier
Increasing energy demand coupled with greater consumer awareness of sustainability in
meeting that demand has made the need to find renewable alternatives to fossil-derived …

Movements shaping climate futures: A systematic mapping of protests against fossil fuel and low-carbon energy projects

L Temper, S Avila, D Del Bene, J Gobby… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this article we undertake a systematic mapping of 649 cases of resistance movements to
both fossil fuel (FF) and low carbon energy (LCE) projects, providing the most …

Climate change and agrarian struggles: an invitation to contribute to a JPS Forum

SM Borras Jr, I Scoones, A Baviskar… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This essay introduces and invites contributions to a new Journal of Peasant Studies Forum
on 'climate change and critical agrarian studies'. Climate change is inextricably entwined …

Harvesting Lithium: water, brine and the industrial dynamics of production in the Salar de Atacama

B Bustos-Gallardo, G Bridge, M Prieto - Geoforum, 2021 - Elsevier
Geographical research on lithium and other renewable energy materials explores the
geopolitical dimensions of resource supply and the'new geographies' associated with an …

Sacred groves, sacrifice zones and soy production: globalization, intensification and neo-nature in South America

G de LT Oliveira, SB Hecht - Soy, Globalization, and …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Soy has become one of the world's most important agroindustrial commodities–serving as
the nexus for the production of food, animal feed, fuel and hundreds of industrial products …

Food versus fuel? Going beyond biofuels

J Tomei, R Helliwell - Land use policy, 2016 - Elsevier
In less than a decade, biofuels transitioned from being a socially and politically acceptable
alternative to conventional transport fuels to a deeply contested solution. Claims of land …

Global extractivisms and transformative alternatives

A Nygren, M Kröger, B Gills - The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines global extractivisms and transformative alternatives; addressing:(1)
access to and control over resources,(2) governance and recognition,(3) environmental …

Global pesticide use and trade database (GloPUT): New estimates show pesticide use trends in low-income countries substantially underestimated

A Shattuck, M Werner, F Mempel, Z Dunivin… - Global Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Assessments of pesticide impacts globally and holistic policies to address them require
accurate pesticide use data, but good use data are difficult to find. For comparable estimates …

La Via Campesina – transforming agrarian and knowledge politics, and co-constructing a field: a laudatio

SM Borras Jr - The Journal of Peasant Studies, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT La Via Campesina has revalorized agrarian politics, transformed knowledge
politics, and co-constructed the field of Critical Agrarian Studies. It has shown the important …